Published February 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Precise Measurement of the Deuteron Elastic Structure Function A(Q2 )

  • 1. DAPNIA/SPhN, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. Basel Institut fur Physik, Basel (Switzerland)
  • 3. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
  • 4. ISN, IN2P3-UJF, 38026 Grenoble (France)
  • 5. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
  • 6. Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 (United States)
  • 7. MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator, Middleton, Massachusetts 01949 (United States)
  • 8. Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199 (United States)
  • 9. Yerevan Physics Institute, 375036 Yerevan (Armenia)
  • 10. North Carolina A. T. State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411 (United States)
  • 11. LNS-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 12. IPNO, IN2P3, BP 1, 91406 Orsay (France)

Description

The A(Q2) structure function in elastic electron-deuteron scattering was measured at six momentum transfers Q2 between 0.66 and 1.80 (GeV/c)2 in Hall C at Jefferson Laboratory. The scattered electrons and recoil deuterons were detected in coincidence, at a fixed deuteron angle of 60.5 degree. These new precise measurements resolve discrepancies between older sets of data. They put significant constraints on existing models of the deuteron electromagnetic structure, and on the strength of isoscalar meson exchange currents. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1379-1382
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO