Deep Inelastic electron Scattering from Carbon

1983
26 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 402 (1983) 515-540
  • Published: 1983

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We have measured the deep-inelastic electron scattering from carbon up to and including the Δ-region at 36°, 60°, 90° and 145°. The systematic decomposition of the transverse and longitudinal response functions has been obtained by means of a Rosenbluth-type analysis of the data in the momentum transfer interval 200 MeV/c /s | q | /s 600 MeV/c. A comparison with theoretical calculations which extend over the quasielastic and Δ-peak regions is presented. A reduction of the differences between our data and theory seems obtainable through the introduction of meson-exchange currents, resonant and non-resonant meson production, and the use of the shell model. Our experimental Coulomb sum-rule estimates at higher | q | agree with independent particle model predictions. We compare our results in the vicinity of the Δ-peak with the total absorption cross section for real photons.
  • Nuclear reactions
  • ELECTRON LIGHT NUCLEUS: DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
  • DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING: ELECTRON LIGHT NUCLEUS
  • CARBON
  • RADIATIVE CORRECTION
  • EXCHANGE: ONE-PHOTON
  • ONE-PHOTON: EXCHANGE
  • POLARIZATION: LONGITUDINAL
  • LONGITUDINAL: POLARIZATION
  • POLARIZATION: TRANSVERSE