Observation of nuclear scaling in the [Formula Presented] reaction at [Formula Presented]

K. Sh Egiyan, N. Dashyan, M. Sargsian, S. Stepanyan, L. B. Weinstein, G. Adams, P. Ambrozewicz, E. Anciant, M. Anghinolfi, B. Asavapibhop, G. Asryan, G. Audit, T. Auger, H. Avakian, H. Bagdasaryan, J. P. Ball, S. Barrow, M. Battaglieri, K. Beard, I. BedlinskiM. Bektasoglu, M. Bellis, N. Benmouna, N. Bianchi, A. S. Biselli, S. Boiarinov, B. E. Bonner, S. Bouchigny, R. Bradford, D. Branford, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, V. D. Burkert, C. Butuceanu, J. R. Calarco, D. S. Carman, B. Carnahan, C. Cetina, L. Ciciani, P. L. Cole, A. Coleman, D. Cords, J. Connelly, P. Corvisiero, D. Crabb, H. Crannell, J. P. Cummings, E. DeSanctis, R. DeVita, P. V. Degtyarenko, R. Demirchyan, H. Denizli, L. Dennis, K. V. Dharmawardane, K. S. Dhuga, C. Djalali, G. E. Dodge, D. Doughty, P. Dragovitsch, Michael Dugger, S. Dytman, O. P. Dzyubak, M. Eckhause, H. Egiyan, L. Elouadrhiri, A. Empl, P. Eugenio, R. Fatemi, R. J. Feuerbach, J. Ficenec, T. A. Forest, H. Funsten, M. Gai, G. Gavalian, S. Gilad, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, P. Girard, C. I.O. Gordon, K. Griffioen, M. Guidal, M. Guillo, L. Guo, V. Gyurjyan, C. Hadjidakis, R. S. Hakobyan, J. Hardie, D. Heddle, P. Heimberg, F. W. Hersman, K. Hicks, R. S. Hicks, M. Holtrop, J. Hu, C. E. Hyde-Wright, Y. Ilieva, M. M. Ito, D. Jenkins, K. Joo, J. H. Kelley, M. Khandaker, D. H. Kim, K. Y. Kim, K. Kim, M. S. Kim, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, A. Klimenko, M. Klusman, M. Kossov, L. H. Kramer, Y. Kuang, S. E. Kuhn, J. Kuhn, J. Lachniet, J. M. Laget, D. Lawrence, Ji Li, K. Lukashin, J. J. Manak, C. Marchand, L. C. Maximon, S. McAleer, J. McCarthy, J. W.C. McNabb, B. A. Mecking, S. Mehrabyan, J. J. Melone, M. D. Mestayer, C. A. Meyer, K. Mikhailov, R. Minehart, M. Mirazita, R. Miskimen, L. Morand, S. A. Morrow, M. U. Mozer, V. Muccifora, J. Mueller, L. Y. Murphy, G. S. Mutchler, J. Napolitano, R. Nasseripour, S. O. Nelson, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, B. B. Niczyporuk, R. A. Niyazov, M. Nozar, G. V. O’Rielly, A. K. Opper, M. Osipenko, K. Park, E. Pasyuk, G. Peterson, S. A. Philips, N. Pivnyuk, D. Pocanic, O. Pogorelko, E. Polli, S. Pozdniakov, B. M. Preedom, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, L. M. Qin, B. A. Raue, G. Riccardi, G. Ricco, M. Ripani, Barry Ritchie, F. Ronchetti, P. Rossi, D. Rowntree, P. D. Rubin, F. Sabatié, K. Sabourov, C. Salgado, J. P. Santoro, V. Sapunenko, R. A. Schumacher, V. S. Serov, Y. G. Sharabian, J. Shaw, S. Simionatto, A. V. Skabelin, E. S. Smith, L. C. Smith, D. I. Sober, M. Spraker, A. Stavinsky, P. Stoler, I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Strikman, M. Taiuti, S. Taylor, D. J. Tedeschi, U. Thoma, R. Thompson, L. Todor, C. Tur, M. Ungaro, M. F. Vineyard, A. V. Vlassov, K. Wang, A. Weisberg, H. Weller, D. P. Weygand, C. S. Whisnant, E. Wolin, M. H. Wood, A. Yegneswaran, J. Yun, B. Zhang, J. Zhao, Z. Zhou

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Abstract

The ratios of inclusive electron scattering cross sections of [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] to [Formula Presented] have been measured for the first time. It is shown that these ratios are independent of [Formula Presented] at [Formula Presented] for [Formula Presented] where the inclusive cross section depends primarily on the high momentum components of the nuclear wave function. The observed scaling shows that the momentum distributions at high-momenta have the same shape for all nuclei and differ only by a scale factor. The observed onset of the scaling at [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] is consistent with the kinematical expectation that two-nucleon short range correlations (SRC) dominate the nuclear wave function at [Formula Presented] The values of these ratios in the scaling region can be related to the relative probabilities of SRC in nuclei with [Formula Presented] Our data, combined with calculations and other measurements of the [Formula Presented] ratio, demonstrate that for nuclei with [Formula Presented] these probabilities are 4.9–5.9 times larger than in deuterium, while for [Formula Presented] it is larger by a factor of about 3.8.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume68
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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