Tensor Correlations Measured in 3He(e,epp)n^3He(e,e'pp)n

Collaboration
Aug, 2010
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 105 (2010) 222501
e-Print:
Report number:
  • JLAB-PHY-10-1237
Experiments:
  • JLAB-CLAS

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We have measured the 3He(e,e'pp)n reaction at an incident energy of 4.7 GeV over a wide kinematic range. We identified spectator correlated pp and pn nucleon pairs using kinematic cuts and measured their relative and total momentum distributions. This is the first measurement of the ratio of pp to pn pairs as a function of pair total momentum, ptotp_{tot}. For pair relative momenta between 0.3 and 0.5 GeV/c, the ratio is very small at low ptotp_{tot} and rises to approximately 0.5 at large ptotp_{tot}. This shows the dominance of tensor over central correlations at this relative momentum.
  • 25.30.Dh
  • 21.45.-v
  • correlation: tensor
  • kinematics
  • momentum spectrum
  • spectator
  • electron nucleon: nuclear reaction
  • helium: nuclide
  • nucleon: pair
  • CLAS