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Title DETERMINATION OF THE CHARGE RADII OF SEVERAL LIGHT NUCLEI FROM PRECISION, HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON ELASTIC SCATTERING
Abstract Analysis of high-energy electron scattering has been used to determine the charge radii of nuclei for several decades. Recent analysis of the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen found an r.m.s. radius significantly different than the electron scattering result. To understand this puzzle we have analyzed the "LEDEX" data for the (e, e0p) reaction. This experiment includes measurements on several light nuclei, hydrogen, deuterium, lithium, boron, and carbon. To test our ability to measure absolute cross sections, as well as our ability to extract the charge radius, we tested our technique against the extremely well-measured carbon case and found excellent agreement using the Fourier-Bessel parametrization. We then extended the procedure to boron and lithium, which show nice agreement with the latest theoretical calculations. For hydrogen, we see clearly the limits of this technique and therefore, the charge radius is determined from the traditional extrapolation to q2 = 0. We will s
Author(s) Al Amin Kabir
Publication Date December 2015
Document Type Thesis
Primary Institution Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News
Affiliation Exp Nuclear Physics / Experimental Halls / Hall A
Funding Source Nuclear Physics (NP)
Proprietary? No
This publication conveys Technical Science Results
Document Numbers
JLAB Number: JLAB-PHY-15-2330 OSTI Number: 1346563
LANL Number: Other Number: DOE/OR/23177-4095
Associated with an experiment Yes
Experiment Number(s)
E05-103
E05-004
Associated with EIC No
Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding No
Thesis
Thesis Type PhD
Advisor Institution
1. Bryon Anderson Kent State
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finaldissertation.pdf (STI Document)
Dataset(s) (none)
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