Letter to the Editor

Measurement of recoil polarization in the 16^O (→ e , e′ → p) reaction

M. K. Jones (for the Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration) ; College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, U. S. A.

Abstract

The longitudinal and transverse components of the polarization of the outgoing proton were measured for the reaction 16^O (→ e , e′ → p) at a four-momentum transfer squared of 0.8 GeV2 in quasifree kinematics. These were the first measurements of polarization transfer observables for a complex nucleus. Comparison of the ratio of the transverse and longitudinal polarization to theoretical predictions allows the study of modification of the proton’s form factors in the nuclear medium.

Keywords

electric and magnetic form factors of proton; modification in nuclear medium; 16O(→ e , e′ → p) reaction; quasifree kinematics; longitudinal and transverse polarization of outgoing proton

Hrčak ID:

305291

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/305291

Publication date:

1.3.1999.

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