Published August 6, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of inclusive quasielastic scattering of polarized electrons from polarized 3He

  • 1. W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (USA)
  • 2. Bates Linear Accelerator Center, Laboratory for Nuclear Science Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (USA)

Description

We report a measurement of the asymmetry in spin-dependent quasielastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from a polarized 3He gas target. This measurement represents the first demonstration of a new method for studying electromagnetic nuclear structure: the scattering of polarized electrons from a polarized nuclear target. The measured asymmetry is in good agreement with a Faddeev calculation and supports the picture of spin-dependent quasielastic scattering from polarized 3He as predominantly scattering from a polarized neutron

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
698-700
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA