Published April 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of a Coherence Length Effect in Exclusive ρ0 Electroproduction

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1 (Canada)
  • 2. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4843 (United States)
  • 3. W. K. Kellogg Radiation Lab, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
  • 4. Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0446 (United States)
  • 5. DESY, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, D-22603 Hamburg (Germany)
  • 6. DESY Zeuthen, D-15738 Zeuthen (Germany)
  • 7. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 8. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
  • 9. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara (Italy)

Description

Exclusive incoherent electroproduction of the ρ0 number-sign770 meson from 1H , number-sign2H , number-sign3He , and number-sign14N targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at squared four-momentum transfer Q2>0.4 GeV2 and positron energy loss ν from 9 to 20 GeV. The ratio of the number-sign14N to number-sign1H cross sections per nucleon, known as the nuclear transparency, was found to decrease with increasing coherence length of quark-antiquark fluctuations of the virtual photon. The data provide clear evidence of the interaction of the quark-antiquark fluctuations with the nuclear medium. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 3025-3029
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO