Spin-orbit final state interaction in the framework of Glauber theory for (e,e prime p) reactions

The authors investigate the reactions D(e,e prime p)n and D(rvec e,e prime p)n at GeV energies and discuss the opportunities to distinguish between different models for the nuclear ground state by measuring the response functions. In calculating the final-state interaction (FSI) they employ Glauber theory, and they also include relativistic effects in the electromagnetic current. They include not only the central FSI, but also the spin-orbit FSI which is usually neglected in (e,e prime p) calculations within the Glauber framework and they show that this contribution plays a crucial role for the fifth response function. All of the methods developed here can be applied to any target nucleus