New Measurements of the Neutron Electric Form Factor
Abstract
The use of polarized electron elastic scattering to determine features of the internal structure of nucleons has become standard practice in nuclear physics. Over the last decade several experiments have been performed to determine the ratio of the electric to magnetic form factor of the neutron at Q^2 values less than 2 GeV/c^2. The focus of this talk will be on the JLab E93-038 experiment, which used the ^2H(e,e'n)p reaction for kinematics centered around the e-n elastic quasi-free scattering point to determine the ratio of the electric to magnetic form factor at Q^2 = 0.47, 1.15 and 1.47 GeV/c^2. Details of the experimental setup, data analysis and sources of systematic errors will be presented.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003APS..APR.B3004H