Momentum transfer dependence of nuclear transparency from the quasielastic [sup 12]C([ital e],[ital e][prime][ital p]) reaction

• Published in: Physical review letters 1994-03, Vol.72:13
• Main Authors: Makins, N.C.R., Ent, R., Chapman, M.S., Hansen, J., Lee, K., Milner, R.G., Nelson, J., Arnold, R.G., Bosted, P.E., Keppel, C.E., Lung, A., Rock, S.E., Spengos, M., Szalata, Z.M., Tao, L.H., White, J.L., Coulter, K.P., Geesaman, D.F., Holt, R.J., Jackson, H.E., Papavassiliou, V., Potterveld, D.H., Zeidman, B., Arrington, J., Beise, E.J., Belz, E., Filippone, B.W., Gao, H., Lorenzon, W., Mueller, B., McKeown, R.D., O'Neill, T.G., Epstein, M., Margaziotis, D.J., Napolitano, J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 663300 - Nuclear Reactions & Scattering, General- (1992-); 663420 - Lepton-Induced Reactions & Scattering- (1992-); BARYONS; CARBON 12 TARGET; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DIRECT REACTIONS; ELECTRON REACTIONS; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; LEPTON REACTIONS; LEPTONS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PROTONS; QUASI-ELASTIC SCATTERING; QUASI-FREE REACTIONS; SCATTERING; TARGETS
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.1986

The cross section for quasielastic [sup 12]C([ital e],[ital e][prime][ital p]) scattering has been measured at momentum transfer [ital Q][sup 2]=1, 3, 5, and 6.8 (GeV/[ital c])[sup 2]. The results are consistent with scattering from a single nucleon as the dominant process. The nuclear transparency is obtained and compared with theoretical calculations that incorporate color transparency effects. No significant rise of the transparency with [ital Q][sup 2] is observed.