Ruling out Color Transparency in Quasielastic ^{12}C(e,e^{'}p) up to Q^{2} of 14.2  (GeV/c)^{2}.

Academic Article

Abstract

  • Quasielastic ^{12}C(e,e^{'}p) scattering was measured at spacelike 4-momentum transfer squared Q^{2}=8, 9.4, 11.4, and 14.2  (GeV/c)^{2}, the highest ever achieved to date. Nuclear transparency for this reaction was extracted by comparing the measured yield to that expected from a plane-wave impulse approximation calculation without any final state interactions. The measured transparency was consistent with no Q^{2} dependence, up to proton momenta of 8.5  GeV/c, ruling out the quantum chromodynamics effect of color transparency at the measured Q^{2} scales in exclusive (e,e^{'}p) reactions. These results impose strict constraints on models of color transparency for protons.
  • Authors

  • Bhetuwal, D
  • Matter, J
  • Szumila-Vance, H
  • Kabir, ML
  • Dutta, D
  • Ent, R
  • Abrams, D
  • Ahmed, Z
  • Aljawrneh, B
  • Alsalmi, S
  • Ambrose, R
  • Androic, D
  • Armstrong, W
  • Asaturyan, A
  • Assumin-Gyimah, K
  • Ayerbe Gayoso, C
  • Bandari, A
  • Basnet, S
  • Berdnikov, V
  • Bhatt, H
  • Biswas, D
  • Boeglin, WU
  • Bosted, P
  • Brash, E
  • Bukhari, MHS
  • Chen, H
  • Chen, JP
  • Chen, M
  • Christy, EM
  • Covrig, S
  • Craycraft, K
  • Danagoulian, S
  • Day, D
  • Diefenthaler, M
  • Dlamini, M
  • Dunne, J
  • Duran, B
  • Evans, R
  • Fenker, H
  • Fomin, N
  • Fuchey, E
  • Gaskell, D
  • Gautam, TN
  • Gonzalez, FA
  • Hansen, JO
  • Hauenstein, F
  • Hernandez, AV
  • Horn, T
  • Huber, GM
  • Jones, MK
  • Joosten, S
  • Karki, A
  • Keppel, C
  • Khanal, A
  • King, PM
  • Kinney, E
  • Ko, HS
  • Kohl, M
  • Lashley-Colthirst, N
  • Li, S
  • Li, WB
  • Liyanage, AH
  • Mack, D
  • Malace, S
  • Markowitz, P
  • Meekins, D
  • Michaels, R
  • Mkrtchyan, A
  • Mkrtchyan, H
  • Nazeer, SJ
  • Nanda, S
  • Niculescu, G
  • Niculescu, I
  • Nguyen, D
  • Nuruzzaman
  • Pandey, B
  • Park, S
  • Pooser, E
  • Puckett, A
  • Rehfuss, M
  • Reinhold, J
  • Santiesteban, Nathaly
  • Sawatzky, B
  • Smith, GR
  • Sun, A
  • Tadevosyan, V
  • Trotta, R
  • Wood, SA
  • Yero, C
  • Zhang, J
  • Hall C Collaboration
  • Status

    Publication Date

  • February 26, 2021
  • Has Subject Area

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    Keywords

  • Hall C Collaboration
  • Digital Object Identifier (doi)

    Pubmed Id

  • 33709760
  • Start Page

  • 082301
  • Volume

  • 126
  • Issue

  • 8