Abstract
The quasielastic (e,e'p) reaction was studied on targets of deuterium, carbon, and iron up to a value of momentum transfer Q2 of 8.1 (GeV/c)2. A nuclear transparency was determined by comparing the data to calculations in the plane-wave impulse approximation. The dependence of the nuclear transparency on Q2 and the mass number A was investigated in a search for the onset of the color transparency phenomenon. We find no evidence for the onset of color transparency within our range of Q2. A fit to the world's nuclear transparency data reflects the energy dependence of the free-proton-nucleon cross section.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 044613 |
Pages (from-to) | 446131-4461310 |
Number of pages | 4015180 |
Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2002 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics