Effect of the Nuclear Medium on the Proton Investigated With the Reaction 12^{12}C (ee, ePe^\prime P) 11^{11}B

1986
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 57 (1986) 182-185

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Abstract: (APS)
A longitudinal-transverse separation has been carried out for the coincident quasifree proton knockout reaction on C12 in the range of three-momentum transfer 0.27-0.46 GeV/c. The deduced ratio of longitudinal and transverse response functions indicates a significant effect of the nuclear medium on the coupling of the virtual photon with the proton. The observed modification of this coupling implies a breakdown of the impulse approximation.
  • ELECTRON LIGHT NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
  • CARBON
  • P: EMISSION
  • EMISSION: P
  • DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION
  • STRUCTURE FUNCTION: TRANSVERSE
  • STRUCTURE FUNCTION: LONGITUDINAL
  • APPROXIMATION: IMPULSE
  • MESON: EXCHANGE
  • EXCHANGE: MESON