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#### Abstract

We report on a measurement of spin-momentum correlations in quasi-elastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons with an energy of 720 MeV from vector-polarized deuterium. The spin correlation parameter $A^V_{ed}$ was measured for the $^2 \vec{\rm H}(\vec e,e^\prime p)n$ reaction for missing momenta up to 350 MeV/$c$ at a four-momentum transfer squared of 0.21 (GeV/c)$^2$. The data give detailed information about the spin structure of the deuteron, and are in good agreement with the predictions of microscopic calculations based on realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials and including various spin-dependent reaction mechanism effects. The experiment demonstrates in a most direct manner the effects of the D-state in the deuteron ground-state wave function and shows the importance of isobar configurations for this reaction. (Refer to PDF file for exact formulas.)

#### Publication Date

3-11-2002

Also archived at: arXiv:nucl-ex/0109015 v1 21 Sep 2001 This work was supported in part by the Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), which is financially supported by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the National Science Foundation under Grants No. PHY-9504847 (Arizona State Univ.) and No. HRD-9633750 (Hampton Univ.), US Department of Energy under Grant No. DEFG02-97ER41025 (Univ. of Virginia) and the Swiss NationalFoundation.ISSN:1079-7114 Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.

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#### Department, Program, or Center

School of Physics and Astronomy (COS)

#### Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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