We present new data probing short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei through the measurement of electron scattering off high-momentum nucleons in nuclei. The inclusive 4He/3He cross section ratio is observed to be both x and Q2 independent for 1.5 < x < 2, confirming the dominance of two- nucleon (2N) short-range correlations (SRCs). For x > 2, our data do not support a previous claim of three-nucleon (3N) correlation dominance. While contributions beyond those from stationary 2N- SRCs are observed, our data show that isolating 3N-SRCs is more complicated than for 2N-SRCs.

Ye, Z

Solvignon, P

Nguyen, D

Aguilera, P

Ahmed, Z

Albataineh, H

Allada, K

Anderson, B

Anez, D

Aniol, K

Annand, J

Arrington, J

Averett, T

Baghdasaryan, H

Bai, X

Beck, A

Beck, S

Bellini, V

Benmokhtar, F

Camsonne, A

Chen, C

Chen, J-P

Chirapatpimol, K

Cisbani, E

Dalton, MM

Daniel, A

Day, D

Deconinck, W

Defurne, M

Flay, D

Fomin, N

Friend, M

Frullani, S

Fuchey, E

Garibaldi, F

Gaskell, D

Gilad, S

Gilman, R

Glamazdin, S

Gu, C

Gueye, P

Hanretty, C

Hansen, J-O

Shabestari, M Hashemi

Higinbotham, DW

Huang, M

Iqbal, S

Jin, G

Kalantarians, N

Kang, H

Kelleher, A

Korover, I

LeRose, J

Leckey, J

Lindgren, R

Long, Elena

Mammei, J

Margaziotis, DJ

Markowitz, P

Meekins, D

Meziani, Z

Michaels, R

Mihovilovic, M

Muangma, N

Camacho, C Munoz

Norum, B

Nuruzzaman

Pan, K

Phillips, S

Piasetzky, E

Pomerantz, I

Posik, M

Punjabi, V

Qian, X

Qiang, Y

Qiu, X

Reimer, PE

Rakhman, A

Riordan, S

Ron, G

Rondon-Aramayo, O

Saha, A

Selvy, L

Shahinyan, A

Shneor, R

Sirca, S

Slifer, Karl

Sparveris, N

Subedi, R

Sulkosky, V

Wang, D

Watson, JW

Weinstein, LB

Wojtsekhowski, B

Wood, SA

Yaron, I

Zhan, X

Zhang, J

Zhang, YW

Zhao, B

Zheng, X

Zhu, P

Zielinski, R

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June 18, 2018

Physical Review C  Journal