Abstract
We argue that the ratio of cross sections of quasielastic electron scattering for heavy and light nuclei at x>1 and Q2>1 (GeV/c)2 should exhibit simple scaling relations which are ultimately expressed through the ratio of the light-cone nucleon distributions in nuclei. We extract these cross section ratios from existing data in a practically model independent way. The results are found to be in reasonable agreement with our x-scaling relations for the region of 2>. 1.4 where the contribution of two-nucleon short-range correlations are expected to dominate. The ratios exhibit scaling in the light-cone fraction, α, of the struck nucleon for the range 2>x. 0.9. The α scaling is in agreement with the expectations of the light-cone quantum mechanics of nuclei, providing further evidence for the dominance of short-range correlations in nuclei at k>0.3 GeV/c. An extension of this analysis to the interpretation of color transparency experiments is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2451-2461 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Physical Review C |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1993 |
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Evidence for short-range correlations from high Q2 (e,e') reactions. / Frankfurt, L. L.; Strikman, M. I.; Day, D. B.; Sargsyan, M.
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T1 - Evidence for short-range correlations from high Q2 (e,e') reactions
AU - Frankfurt, L. L.
AU - Strikman, M. I.
AU - Day, D. B.
AU - Sargsyan, M.
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - We argue that the ratio of cross sections of quasielastic electron scattering for heavy and light nuclei at x>1 and Q2>1 (GeV/c)2 should exhibit simple scaling relations which are ultimately expressed through the ratio of the light-cone nucleon distributions in nuclei. We extract these cross section ratios from existing data in a practically model independent way. The results are found to be in reasonable agreement with our x-scaling relations for the region of 2>. 1.4 where the contribution of two-nucleon short-range correlations are expected to dominate. The ratios exhibit scaling in the light-cone fraction, α, of the struck nucleon for the range 2>x. 0.9. The α scaling is in agreement with the expectations of the light-cone quantum mechanics of nuclei, providing further evidence for the dominance of short-range correlations in nuclei at k>0.3 GeV/c. An extension of this analysis to the interpretation of color transparency experiments is discussed.
AB - We argue that the ratio of cross sections of quasielastic electron scattering for heavy and light nuclei at x>1 and Q2>1 (GeV/c)2 should exhibit simple scaling relations which are ultimately expressed through the ratio of the light-cone nucleon distributions in nuclei. We extract these cross section ratios from existing data in a practically model independent way. The results are found to be in reasonable agreement with our x-scaling relations for the region of 2>. 1.4 where the contribution of two-nucleon short-range correlations are expected to dominate. The ratios exhibit scaling in the light-cone fraction, α, of the struck nucleon for the range 2>x. 0.9. The α scaling is in agreement with the expectations of the light-cone quantum mechanics of nuclei, providing further evidence for the dominance of short-range correlations in nuclei at k>0.3 GeV/c. An extension of this analysis to the interpretation of color transparency experiments is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevC.48.2451
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.48.2451
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VL - 48
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EP - 2461
JO - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
JF - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
SN - 0556-2813
IS - 5
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