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Polarization transfer in the 4He(e,e'p)3H reaction at Q2=0.8 and 1.3 (GeV/c)2.

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
Physical Review Letters (impact factor: 7.37). 08/2010; 105(7):072001. pp.072001
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ABSTRACT Proton recoil polarization was measured in the quasielastic 4He(e,e'p)3H reaction at Q{2}=0.8 and 1.3  (GeV/c){2} with unprecedented precision. The polarization-transfer coefficients are found to differ from those of the 1H(e,e'p) reaction, contradicting a relativistic distorted-wave approximation and favoring either the inclusion of medium-modified proton form factors predicted by the quark-meson coupling model or a spin-dependent charge-exchange final-state interaction. For the first time, the polarization-transfer ratio is studied as a function of the virtuality of the proton.

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Keywords

medium-modified proton form factors
 
polarization-transfer coefficients
 
polarization-transfer ratio
 
proton
 
Proton recoil polarization
 
relativistic distorted-wave approximation
 
spin-dependent charge-exchange final-state interaction