Comparison of recoil polarization in the C12(e→,e p→) process for protons extracted from s and p shells

T. Kolar* (Corresponding Author), S. Paul, T. Brecelj, P. Achenbach, R. Böhm, D. Bosnar, E. O. Cohen, M. O. Distler, A. Esser, C. Giusti, M. Hoek, D. Izraeli, S. Kegel, Y. Kohl, I. Korover, J. Lichtenstadt, I. Mardor, H. Merkel, M. Mihovilovič, J. MüllerU. Müller, M. Olivenboim, E. Piasetzky, J. Pochodzalla, B. S. Schlimme, C. Sfienti, S. Širca, R. Spreckels, S. Štajner, M. Thiel, A. Weber, I. Yaron, for the A1 Collaboration

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Abstract

We present the first measurements of the double ratio of the polarization-transfer components (P x /P z ) p/(P x /P z ) s for knock-out protons from the s and p shells in C12 measured by the C12(e→,e p→) reaction in quasi-elastic kinematics. The data are compared to theoretical predictions in the relativistic distorted-wave impulse approximation. Our results show that the differences between s- and p-shell protons, observed when compared at the same initial momentum (missing momentum), largely disappear when the comparison is done at the same proton virtuality. We observe no difference in medium modifications between protons from the s and p shells with the same virtuality in spite of the large differences in the respective nuclear densities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number 135903
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume811
Early online date5 Nov 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2020

Bibliographical note

We would like to thank the Mainz Microtron operators and technical crew for the excellent operation of the accelerator. This work is supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grants 390/15, 951/19) of the Israel Academy of Arts and Sciences, by the PAZY Foundation (Grant 294/18), by the Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Collaborative Research Center 1044), by the U.S. National Science Foundation (PHY-1205782). We acknowledge the financial supportfrom the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding No. P1-0102) and from the Croatian Science Foundation (under the project 8570).

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