Nuclear transparency in large momentum transfer quasielastic scattering

I. Mardor, S. Durrant, J. Aclander, J. Alster, D. Barton, G. Bunce, A. Carroll, N. Christensen, H. Courant, S. Gushue, S. Heppelmann, E. Kosonovsky, Y. Mardor, M. Marshak, Y. Makdisi, E. D. Minor, I. Navon, H. Nicholson, E. Piasetzky, T. RoserJ. Russell, M. Tanaka, C. White, J. Y. Wu

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Abstract

We measured simultaneously pp elastic and quasielastic (p,2p) scattering in hydrogen, deuterium, and carbon for momentum transfers of 4.8 to 6.2(GeV/c)2 at incoming momenta of 5.9 and 7.5GeV/c and center-of-mass scattering angles in the range θc.m. = 83.7°-90°. The nuclear transparency is defined as the ratio of the quasielastic cross section to the free pp cross section. At incoming momentum of 5.9GeV/c, the transparency of carbon decreases by a factor of 2 from θc.m. ≃ 85° to θc.m. ≃ 89°. At the largest angle the transparency of carbon increases from 5.9 to 7.5GeV/c by more than 50%. The transparency in deuterium does not depend on incoming momentum nor on θc.m..

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5085-5088
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume81
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

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