Abstract:
Recent results on studies of the structure of nucleons and nuclei in the regime of strong interaction QCD are discussed. Use of high current polarized electron beams, polarized targets, and recoil polarimeters, in conjunction with modern spectrometers and detector instrumentation allow much more detailed studies of nucleon and nuclear structure than has been possible in the past. The CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab was build to study the internal structure of hadrons in a regime where confinement is important and strong interaction QCD is the relevant theory. I discuss how the first experiments already make significant contributions towards an improved understanding of hadronic structure.
  • talk: Erice 1999/09/17
  • electron nucleon: elastic scattering
  • nucleon: form factor
  • quark: strangeness
  • electron nucleon: deep inelastic scattering
  • nucleon: spin
  • nucleon: structure function
  • polarization
  • baryon resonance: electroproduction
  • electron nucleon: inclusive reaction