Cerenkov Light
The bright blue glow from nuclear reactors is Cerenkov light. Karl Slifer describes how nuclear physicists can use this phenomenon to study the nucleus of the atom.
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS↗
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Tensor spin observables and spin stucture at low Q{sup 2}
We discuss recent spin structure results from Jefferson Lab, and outline an emerging program to study tensor spin observables using solid deuteron targets. These new experiments open the potential to study hidden color, the tensor nature of short range correlations, and to probe for exotic gluonic states.
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
Beam position reconstruction for the g2p experiment in Hall A at Jefferson Lab
Beam-line equipment was upgraded for experiment E08-027 (g2p) in Hall A at Jefferson Lab. Two beam position monitors (BPMs) were necessary to measure the beam position and angle at the target. A new BPM receiver was designed and built to handle the low beam currents (50-100 nA) used for this experiment. Two new super-harps were installed for calibrating the BPMs. In addition to the existing fast raster system, a slow raster system was installed. We found that before and during the experiment, these new devices were tested and debugged, and their performance was also evaluated. In order to achieve the required accuracy (1-2 mm in position and 1-2 mrad in angle at the target location), the data of the BPMs and harps were carefully analyzed, as well as reconstructing the beam position and angle event by event at the target location. Finally, the calculated beam position will be used in the data analysis to accurately determine the kinematics for each event.
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Measurement of the Generalized Spin Polarizabilities of the Neutron in the Low-Q{sup 2} Region
Understanding the nucleon spin structure in the regime where the strong interaction becomes truly strong poses a challenge to both experiment and theory. At energy scales below the nucleon mass of about 1 GeV, the intense interaction among the quarks and gluons inside the nucleon makes them highly correlated. Their coherent behaviour causes the emergence of effective degrees of freedom, requiring the application of non-perturbative techniques such as chiral effective field theory1. Here we present measurements of the neutron’s generalized spin polarizabilities that quantify the neutron’s spin precession under electromagnetic fields at very low energy-momentum transfer squared down to 0.035 GeV2. In this regime, chiral effective field theory calculations2–4 are expected to be applicable. Our data, however, show a strong discrepancy with these predictions, presenting a challenge to the current description of the neutron’s spin properties.
Sulkosky, Vincent↗
New Studies of Short-Range Correlations and Their Effects on Nuclei
Over the last decade, data gathered on short range correlations (SRC) and the EMC effect have stimulated tremendous progress in our understanding of the nuclear force. In particular, the tensor force was found to be the major factor in the formation of N-N short range correlations. More recently a connection between the N-N SRC probabilities and EMC effect amplitudes was first observed. However, the real origin and characteristics of this connection have not been convincingly determined experimentally or theoretically. The project consists of several approved experiments scheduled to run at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA. These inclusive scattering measurements will provide a detailed map of the nature of short range correlations and its role in the in-medium modification of the nucleons. The isospin dependence in 2 N- and 3 N-SRCs will be accessed through the use of two light mirror nuclei 3 He and 3 H. An extensive A-dependence study of 2 N and 3 N-SRCs will be performed as well as a measurement of the quark distribution in short range correlations, i.e. the EMC eect in SRCs. A measurement of the deuteron tensor structure function in the deep inelastic scattering regime will verify the possible contribution of hidden color components in the deuteron wave function. This project aims to help answer the fundamental question on the nature of the short range interactions and their implications at the nucleonic and partonic levels.
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗
Potential physics with positrons and the Solid Polarized Target
Potential physics with positrons and the Solid Polarized Target
Slifer, Karl↗
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Facility at UNH
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Facility at UNH
Slifer, Karl↗
Novel Physics with Tensor Polarized Deuteron Targets
Development of solid spin-1 polarized targets will open the study of tensor structure functions to precise measurement, and holds the promise to enable a new generation of polarized scattering experiments. In this talk we will discuss a measurement of the leading twist tensor structure function b1, along with prospects for future experiments with a solid tensor polarized target. The recently approved JLab experiment E12-13-011 will measure the lead- ing twist tensor structure function b1, which provides a unique tool to study partonic effects, while also being sensitive to coherent nuclear properties in the simplest nuclear system. At low x, shadowing effects are expected to dominate b1, while at larger values, b1 provides a clean probe of exotic QCD effects, such as hidden color due to 6-quark configuration. Since the deuteron wave function is relatively well known, any non-standard effects are expected to be readily observable. All available models predict a small or vanishing value of b1 at moderate x. However, the first pioneer measurement of b1 at HERMES revealed a crossover to an anomalously large negative value in the region 0.2 < x < 0.5, albeit with relatively large experimental uncertainty. E12-13-011 will perform an inclusive measurement of the deuteron tensor asymmetry in the region 0.16 < x < 0.49, for 0.8 < Q2 < 5.0 GeV2. The UVa solid polarized ND3 target will be used, along with the Hall C spectrometers, and an unpolarized 115 nA beam. This measurement will provide access to the tensor quark polarization, and allow a test of the Close-Kumano sum rule, which vanishes in the absence of tensor polarization in the quark sea. Until now, tensor structure has been largely unexplored, so the study of these quantities holds the potential of initiating a new field of spin physics at Jefferson Lab.
Slifer, Karl J.↗