Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-17-2007

Abstract

We investigated simultaneously the 12C(e,ep) and 12C(e,epp) reactions at Q2=2  (GeV/c)2, xB=1.2, and in an (e, ep) missing-momentum range from 300 to 600  MeV/c. At these kinematics, with a missing momentum greater than the Fermi momentum of nucleons in a nucleus and far from the delta excitation, short-range nucleon-nucleon correlations are predicted to dominate the reaction. For (9.5±2)% of the 12C(e,ep) events, a recoiling partner proton was observed back-to-back to the 12C(e,ep) missing-momentum vector, an experimental signature of correlations.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.072501

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© 2007 The American Physical Society. The original publication is available at http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.072501

Original Citation

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 072501 (2007)

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