Measurement of elastic electron - neutron scattering and inelastic electron - deuteron scattering cross-sections at high momentum transfer

Nov, 1991
91 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 46 (1992) 24-44
Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-5239
Experiments:

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Abstract: (APS)
We have measured inelastic electron-deuteron, electron-proton, and electron-aluminum cross sections at 10° in the kinematic region between elastic deuteron scattering and the second resonance region at six beam energies between 9.8 and 21 GeV. The elastic electron-neutron cross section was extracted from the quasielastic data at Q2=2.5,4.0,6.0,8.0, and 10.0 (GeV/c)2. The ratio of elastic cross sections σnσp falls with increasing Q2 above 6 (GeV/c)2. The inelastic data are compatible either with y scaling (scattering from a single nucleon) or with ξ scaling (scattering from quarks).
  • electron n: elastic scattering
  • elastic scattering: electron n
  • electron p: elastic scattering
  • elastic scattering: electron p
  • electron p: inelastic scattering
  • inelastic scattering: electron p
  • electron deuteron: inelastic scattering
  • inelastic scattering: electron deuteron
  • electron nucleus: inelastic scattering
  • inelastic scattering: electron nucleus