First measurement of Λ electroproduction off nuclei in the current and target fragmentation regions

Chetry, T. et al. (2023) First measurement of Λ electroproduction off nuclei in the current and target fragmentation regions. Physical Review Letters, 130(14), 142301. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.142301)

Abstract

We report results of Λ hyperon production in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering off deuterium, carbon, iron, and lead targets obtained with the CLAS detector and the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility 5.014 GeV electron beam. These results represent the first measurements of the Λ multiplicity ratio and transverse momentum broadening as a function of the energy fraction ( z ) in the current and target fragmentation regions. The multiplicity ratio exhibits a strong suppression at high z and an enhancement at low z . The measured transverse momentum broadening is an order of magnitude greater than that seen for light mesons. This indicates that the propagating entity interacts very strongly with the nuclear medium, which suggests that propagation of diquark configurations in the nuclear medium takes place at least part of the time, even at high z . The trends of these results are qualitatively described by the Giessen Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck transport model, particularly for the multiplicity ratios. These observations will potentially open a new era of studies of the structure of the nucleon as well as of strange baryons.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sokhan, Dr Daria and Wishart, Robert and Glazier, Dr Derek and MacGregor, Professor Ian and McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Tyson, Mr Richard and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and Ireland, Professor David and Rosner, Professor Guenther
• Authors: Chetry, T., El Fassi, L., Brooks, W. K., Dupré, R., El Alaoui, A., Hafidi, K., Achenbach, P., Adhikari, K. P., Akbar, Z., Armstrong, W. R., Arratia, M., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Baashen, L., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benkel, B., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Booth, W. A., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Brinkmann, K.-T., Briscoe, W. J., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Egiyan, H., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A. A., Gosta, G., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Kabir, M. L., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Lagerquist, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lee, S., Lenisa, P., Li, X., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Nicol, M., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Paul, S. J., Phelps, W., Pilleux, N., Pokhrel, M., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Reed, T., Richards, J., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rosner, G., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schadmand, S., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shirokov, E. V., Shrestha, U., Simmerling, P., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tan, J. A., Trotta, N., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Vallarino, S., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Williams, R., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yurov, M., Zachariou, N., Zhao, Z. W., and Zurek, M.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physical Review Letters
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• ISSN: 0031-9007
• ISSN (Online): 1079-7114
• Published Online: 04 April 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 American Physical Society
• First Published: First published in Physical Review Letters 130(14): 142301
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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