Published July 3, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor

  • 1. Universiteit Utrecht/Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica, P.O. Box 80000, NL-3508 TA Utrecht (Netherlands)
  • 2. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Bonn, Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn (Germany)
  • 3. Sektie Kernfysica, Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica, P.O. Box 41822, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 4. Institut des Sciences Nucleaires, IN2P3-UJF, 53 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38026 Grenoble (France)
  • 5. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet, D-55099 Mainz (Germany)

Description

The ratio of neutron and proton yields at quasifree kinematics was measured for the reactions 2H(e,e'n) and 2H(e,e'p) at momentum transfers Q2=0.125, 0.255, 0.417, and 0.605(GeV/c)2, detecting the neutron and the proton simultaneously in the same scintillator array. The neutron detection efficiency was measured in situ with the 1H(γ,π+)n reaction. From this the ratio R of 2H(e,e'n) and 2H(e,e'p) cross sections was determined and used to extract the neutron magnetic form factor GnM in a model insensitive approach, resulting in an inaccuracy between 2.1% and 3.3% in GnM

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 21-24.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO