Measurement of the fifth structure function in quasi-elastic proton knock-out from carbon

This thesis reports the first measurement of the 'fifth structure function' in coincident electron scattering. This new observable breaks the symmetry for detecting nuclear decay products above and below the electron scattering plane when the incident electrons are longitudinally polarized. 560 MeV polarized electrons were scattered from a $\sp{12}$C target, and electrons were detected in the ELSSY spectrometer in coincidence with quasi-elastic knock-out protons, which were detected in the new Out Of Plane Spectrometer (OOPS). We measured polarization asymmetries and total cross sections at a momentum transfer of 1.8 $fm\sp{-1}$ and at two proton angles out of the electron scattering plane and directly above the momentum transfer vector. This $\sp{12}$C($\vec e,e\sp\prime p$) measurement, together with another measurement on deuterium in identical kinematics, was performed at the Bates Linear Accelerator Center in Middleton, MA, in July, 1991.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mandeville, Joseph Bernard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Papanicolas, Costas N.

• Physics, Nuclear

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1993 Mandeville, Joseph Bernard

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9411703
(UMI)AAI9411703

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20035