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Nuc

leon

s in

the

Nuc

lear

Env

iron

men

t"T

he n

ext s

even

yea

rs...

"

4 -

J/ψ

pro

duct

ion

Jef

fers

on L

ab U

ser’

s G

roup

Ann

ual M

eetin

g, J

une

18, 2

004

3 -

Qua

rk p

ropa

gatio

n

2 -

Col

or T

rans

pare

ncy

John

Arr

ingt

onA

rgon

ne N

atio

nal L

ab

1 -

The

EM

C e

ffec

t and

rel

ated

mea

sure

men

ts

Top

ic:

Stud

y of

nuc

leon

s (h

adro

ns, q

uark

s) in

nuc

lei

[S. K

uhn,

S. S

trau

ch, J

. Wat

son]

[D. D

utta

]

[W. B

rook

s]

[P. B

oste

d]

"Bea

m in

30

min

utes

or

it’s

fre

e"

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Nuc

leon

s in

the

Nuc

lear

Env

iron

men

t"T

he n

ext s

even

yea

rs...

"

How

do

othe

r (e

xotic

?) h

adro

ns in

tera

ct w

ith th

e nu

cleu

s?

Jef

fers

on L

ab U

ser’

s G

roup

Ann

ual M

eetin

g, J

une

18, 2

004

How

do

nucl

eons

inte

ract

wit

h th

e nu

cleu

s?

Big

ger

ques

tion

: D

oes

QC

D m

atte

r in

the

rea

l wor

ld?

In th

e la

b (G

eV a

ccel

erat

ors)

, mat

ter

is q

uark

s "Bea

m in

30

min

utes

or

it’s

fre

e"

John

Arr

ingt

onA

rgon

ne N

atio

nal L

ab

In th

e re

al w

orld

, mat

ter

is h

adro

ns

Que

stio

ns f

or J

Lab

:

How

do

quar

ks in

tera

ct w

ith th

e nu

cleu

s?

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Tw

o "R

ealm

s" o

f N

ucle

ar P

hysi

csQ

CD

land

quar

ks +

glu

ons

+ co

lor

Stro

ngly

attr

activ

e at

all

dist

ance

s:

1 G

eV/c

m =

18

tons

!>

1012

tim

es th

e co

ulom

b

attr

actio

n in

hyd

roge

n

Rea

l wor

ldnu

cleo

ns +

mes

ons

+ st

rong

inte

ract

ion

Mat

ter

cons

ists

of

colo

rles

sbo

und

stat

es o

f Q

CD

Qua

rk in

tera

ctio

ns c

ance

l at

larg

e di

stan

ces,

mak

ing

the

inte

ract

ions

of

hadr

ons

fini

te.

Don

’t o

bser

ve q

uark

s, g

luon

s, o

rco

lor

in tr

aditi

onal

nuc

lear

phy

sics

Pot

entia

l bet

wee

ntw

o nu

cleo

ns

r [f

m]

V(r

)

~1

fm

0

2.0

2.5

0.4

1.2

-0.40

0.8

-0.81.6

2.0

pote

ntia

l bet

wee

ntw

o qu

arks

0.5

1.0

1.5

r [f

m]

V(r

)[G

eV]

Qua

rks

have

bee

n sw

ept u

nder

a v

ery

heav

y (1

8 to

n) r

ug

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Whe

n do

qua

rks

mat

ter?

We

do s

ee d

ensi

ty-d

epen

dent

eff

ects

in n

ucle

ar s

truc

ture

(E

MC

eff

ect)

Do

thes

e ef

fect

s ha

ve a

nyth

ing

to d

o w

ith th

e qu

arks

?

1

50

100

150

200

250

earl

y u

niv

erse

LH

C

RH

IC

SP

S

AG

S

SIS

ato

mic

nu

clei

neu

tro

n s

tars

chem

ical

fre

eze-

ou

t

ther

mal

fre

eze-

ou

t

had

ron

gas

qu

ark-

glu

on

pla

sma

dec

on

fin

emen

tch

iral

res

tora

tio

n

JLA

B12

25

0.3

NE

T B

AR

YO

N D

EN

SIT

Y (

0.17

GeV

/fm

3 )

8

temperature T (MeV)

Hig

h en

ergy

SLA

C, D

ESY

, LH

C...

Cos

mic

ray

s

Hig

h te

mpe

ratu

res

RH

IC?

Ear

ly u

nive

rse

Hig

h de

nsit

ies

Neu

tron

sta

rsN

ucle

i??

JLab

????

To

peek

und

er th

e ru

g, w

e ha

ve to

shi

ft th

e 18

ton

wei

ght a

t lea

st a

littl

e bi

t

CE

RN

≅ s

hift

ing

an 1

8 to

n w

eigh

t by

drop

ping

the

titan

ic o

n to

p of

it(t

itani

c=13

550

tons

=70

0 G

eV, (

som

e si

tes,

20-

40kt

ons)

iceb

erg=

150k

-300

k to

nnes

(8-

16 T

eV),

SL

AC

=50

GeV

=90

0 T

ons)

. SU

V=

2-3

(som

e 4)

tons

. 747

=43

5 to

ns.

The

Tita

nic

The

Iceb

erg

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Med

ium

mod

ific

atio

ns to

nuc

leon

str

uctu

re?

EM

C e

ffec

t for

Iro

n (C

oppe

r)D

eple

tion

of

the

stru

ctur

efu

ncti

on f

or 0

.3<x

<0.8

The

mag

nitu

de o

f th

e ef

fect

incr

ease

s w

ith

size

/den

sity

The

x-d

epen

denc

e is

iden

tica

l for

all

nucl

ei

The

EM

C e

ffec

t ca

nnot

be

expl

aine

d by

con

vent

iona

l nuc

lear

phy

sics

...m

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Sm

ith

and

G. A

. Mil

ler,

PR

C 6

5:01

5211

(20

02)

Unl

ess

it c

an b

e ex

plai

ned

by c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

cs.

mos

t rec

entl

y -

J. R

ozyn

ek a

nd G

. Wil

k, N

PA

721

, 388

(20

03)

Rec

entl

y sh

own

that

...

It h

as b

een

clea

r fo

r so

me

time

that

bin

ding

, Fer

mi m

otio

n pl

ay im

port

ant r

oles

.D

o w

e ne

ed s

omet

hing

mor

e th

an c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

cs?

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arXiv:nucl-th/0208039 v1 21 Aug 2002 arXiv:nucl-th/0208039 v1 21 Aug 2002

Wha

t els

e do

we

know

abo

ut m

ediu

m m

odif

icat

ions

?

The

Cou

lom

b Su

m R

ule

is f

ulfi

lled.

..J.

Jou

rdan

, NP

A 6

03, 1

17 (

1996

)J.

Car

lson

et a

l., P

LB

553

, 191

(20

03)

The

EM

C e

ffec

t ca

nnot

be

expl

aine

d by

con

vent

iona

l nuc

lear

phy

sics

...m

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Sm

ith

and

G. A

. Mil

ler,

PR

C 6

5:01

5211

(20

02)

Unl

ess

it c

an b

e ex

plai

ned

by c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

csm

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Roz

ynek

and

G. W

ilk,

NP

A 7

21, 3

88 (

2003

)

Qua

siel

astic

res

pons

e is

(ba

sica

lly)

noth

ing

mor

e th

an n

ucle

on e

last

icsc

atte

ring

+ n

ucle

on d

istr

ibut

ion

in n

ucle

us

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Wha

t els

e do

we

know

abo

ut m

ediu

m m

odif

icat

ions

?

The

Cou

lom

b Su

m R

ule

is f

ulfi

lled.

..J.

Jou

rdan

, NP

A 6

03, 1

17 (

1996

)

Exc

ept

that

may

be it

isn’

t.J.

Mor

gens

tern

, Z.-

E. M

ezia

ni, P

LB

515

, 269

(20

01)

J. C

arls

on e

t al.,

PL

B 5

53, 1

91 (

2003

)

The

EM

C e

ffec

t ca

nnot

be

expl

aine

d by

con

vent

iona

l nuc

lear

phy

sics

...m

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Sm

ith

and

G. A

. Mil

ler,

PR

C 6

5:01

5211

(20

02)

Unl

ess

it c

an b

e ex

plai

ned

by c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

csm

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Roz

ynek

and

G. W

ilk,

NP

A 7

21, 3

88 (

2003

)

200

300

400

500

600

q eff (

MeV

/c)

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

3 He

40C

a56

Fe20

8 Pb

56Fe

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

SL (qeff)

3 He

40C

a48

Ca

56Fe

208 P

b

1100

1200

56Fe

a) b)

Fig.

6

Inte

grat

ed q

uasi

elas

tic r

espo

nse

supp

ress

ed b

y ~3

0-40

%

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Wha

t els

e do

we

know

abo

ut m

ediu

m m

odif

icat

ions

?

The

Cou

lom

b Su

m R

ule

is f

ulfi

lled.

..J.

Jou

rdan

, NP

A 6

03, 1

17 (

1996

)

Exc

ept

that

may

be it

isn’

t.J.

Mor

gens

tern

, Z.-

E. M

ezia

ni, P

LB

515

, 269

(20

01)

J. C

alrs

on e

t al.,

PL

B 5

53, 1

91 (

2003

)

G. V

an d

er S

teen

hove

n, e

t al.,

PR

L 5

7, 1

82 (

1986

) [

form

fact

or r

atio

in n

ucle

i]

The

EM

C e

ffec

t ca

nnot

be

expl

aine

d by

con

vent

iona

l nuc

lear

phy

sics

...m

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Sm

ith

and

G. A

. Mil

ler,

PR

C 6

5:01

5211

(20

02)

Unl

ess

it c

an b

e ex

plai

ned

by c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

csm

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Roz

ynek

and

G. W

ilk,

NP

A 7

21, 3

88 (

2003

)

GE/G

M m

odif

ied

for

nucl

eons

in a

nuc

leus

Nuc

leon

for

m f

acto

rs a

re m

odif

ied

in n

ucle

i...

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Wha

t els

e do

we

know

abo

ut m

ediu

m m

odif

icat

ions

?

The

Cou

lom

b Su

m R

ule

is f

ulfi

lled.

..J.

Jou

rdan

, NP

A 6

03, 1

17 (

1996

)

Exc

ept

that

may

be it

isn’

t.J.

Mor

gens

tern

, Z.-

E. M

ezia

ni, P

LB

515

, 269

(20

01)

J. C

arls

on e

t al.,

PL

B 5

53, 1

91 (

2003

)

Nuc

leon

for

m f

acto

rs a

re m

odif

ied

in n

ucle

i...

G. V

an d

er S

teen

hove

n, e

t al.,

PR

L 5

7, 1

82 (

1986

) [

form

fact

or r

atio

in n

ucle

i]

Unl

ess

they

are

n’t.

T. D

. Coh

en, J

.W. V

an O

rden

, A. P

ickl

esim

er,

P

RL

59,

126

7 (1

987)

[fo

rm fa

ctor

rat

io in

nuc

lei]

The

EM

C e

ffec

t ca

nnot

be

expl

aine

d by

con

vent

iona

l nuc

lear

phy

sics

...m

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Sm

ith

and

G. A

. Mil

ler,

PR

C 6

5:01

5211

(20

02)

Unl

ess

it c

an b

e ex

plai

ned

by c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

csm

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Roz

ynek

and

G. W

ilk,

NP

A 7

21, 3

88 (

2003

)

I. S

ick,

NP

A 4

34, 6

77 (

1985

)R

.W. M

cKeo

wn,

PR

L 5

6, 1

452

(198

6)

[

y-sc

alin

g li

mit

s]

DE

AD

EN

D?

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Wha

t do

we

real

ly k

now

abo

ut m

ediu

m m

odif

icat

ions

?

The

Cou

lom

b Su

m R

ule

is f

ulfi

lled.

..J.

Jou

rdan

, NP

A 6

03, 1

17 (

1996

)

Exc

ept

that

may

be it

isn’

t.J.

Mor

gens

tern

, Z.-

E. M

ezia

ni, P

LB

515

, 269

(20

01)

J. C

arls

on e

t al.,

PL

B 5

53, 1

91 (

2003

)

Nuc

leon

for

m f

acto

rs a

re m

odif

ied

in n

ucle

i...

G. V

an d

er S

teen

hove

n, e

t al.,

PR

L 5

7, 1

82 (

1986

) [

form

fact

or r

atio

in n

ucle

i]

Unl

ess

they

are

n’t.

T. D

. Coh

en, J

.W. V

an O

rden

, A. P

ickl

esim

er,

P

RL

59,

126

7 (1

987)

[fo

rm fa

ctor

rat

io in

nuc

lei]

The

EM

C e

ffec

t ca

nnot

be

expl

aine

d by

con

vent

iona

l nuc

lear

phy

sics

...m

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Sm

ith

and

G. A

. Mil

ler,

PR

C 6

5:01

5211

(20

02)

Unl

ess

it c

an b

e ex

plai

ned

by c

onve

ntio

nal n

ucle

ar p

hysi

csm

ost r

ecen

tly

- J.

Roz

ynek

and

G. W

ilk,

NP

A 7

21, 3

88 (

2003

)

Jeff

erso

n L

ab n

eeds

to d

o m

ore

than

just

impr

ove

a fe

w m

easu

rem

ents

...

I. S

ick,

NP

A 4

34, 6

77 (

1985

)R

.W. M

cKeo

wn,

PR

L 5

6, 1

452

(198

6)

[

y-sc

alin

g li

mit

s]

The

eff

ects

are

sm

all

The

exp

erim

ents

are

har

d

The

theo

ry is

ver

y co

mpl

icat

ed

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3) I

nven

t ne

w t

echn

ique

s

Pro

be h

igh-

dens

ity c

ompo

nent

s of

nuc

leus

(SR

Cs)

Mea

sure

EM

C e

ffec

t as

a fu

nctio

n of

loca

l den

sity

Wha

t can

Jef

fers

on L

ab d

o?

1) I

mpr

ove

a fe

w m

easu

rem

ents

Cou

lom

b su

m r

ule

2) M

ake

new

mea

sure

men

tsF

orm

fac

tor

mod

ific

atio

n by

pol

ariz

atio

n tr

ansf

er

(bet

ter

tech

niqu

es)

y-sc

alin

g lim

its o

n nu

cleo

n ‘s

wel

ling’

EM

C e

ffec

t

(bra

nd n

ew id

eas)

(bet

ter

faci

lity

)

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EM

C e

ffec

t in

the

reso

nanc

e re

gion

1.2

< W

2 < 3

.0Q

2 ≅ 4

GeV

2

Indi

catio

n of

dif

fere

nt s

hape

for

Car

bon

at la

rge

x

Any

dev

iatio

n fr

om th

e D

IS r

esul

tsh

ould

be

even

sm

alle

r at

6 G

eV

Iden

tical

nuc

lear

dep

ende

nce

in D

IS a

nd r

eson

ance

reg

imes

!

Con

sequ

ence

of

prec

ise

dual

ity?

EM

C e

ffec

t - p

urel

y ha

dron

ic?

Rel

axin

g th

e D

IS li

mit

appe

ars

to y

ield

iden

tical

res

ults

, with

impr

oved

pre

cisi

on a

t lar

ge x

E89

-008

(4

GeV

) -

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EM

C e

ffec

t in

very

ligh

t nuc

lei

F2(

A)/

F2(

D)

- V

ary

wit

h A

or

<ρA>

?

New

mea

sure

men

ts p

lann

ed f

or 3 H

e an

d 4 H

e:

The

sha

pe in

3 He,

4 He

will

pro

vide

a n

ew w

ay t

o te

st t

he e

xist

ing

mod

els

SLA

C f

it t

o he

avy

nucl

ei(s

cale

d to

3 He)

Cal

cula

tion

s by

Pan

dhar

ipan

dean

d B

enha

r fo

r 3 H

e an

d 4 H

e

x-de

pend

ence

sam

e fo

r al

l nuc

lei?

E01

-001

, Hal

l C,

Sept

embe

r 20

04

Pro

vide

mor

e in

form

atio

n on

the

A-d

epen

denc

eA

llow

com

pari

son

to m

odel

s in

exa

ct f

ew-b

ody

calc

ulat

ions

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Ext

endi

ng E

MC

eff

ect m

easu

rem

ents

to F

2 and

R=

σ L/σ

T

RA/R

D f

rom

HE

RM

ES

Rp f

rom

JL

ab[E

99-1

18]

Add

ition

al e

xper

imen

ts a

ppro

ved

to m

easu

re R

D [

E02

-109

] an

d R

A [

E04

-001

]

Are

nuc

lear

eff

ects

iden

tical

in F

L a

nd F

2 ?

[als

o E

94-1

10, E

00-0

02]

Prelim

inary

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Bey

ond

"The

EM

C E

ffec

t"So

me

mod

els,

e.g

. Qua

rk-M

eson

Cou

plin

g m

odel

(T

hom

as, e

t al.)

, pre

dict

mod

ifie

d nu

cleo

n fo

rm fa

ctor

s as

a c

onse

quen

ce (

or c

ause

) of

the

EM

C e

ffec

t

Prev

ious

atte

mpt

s to

look

for

nuc

leon

for

m f

acto

r m

odif

icat

ion

had

mix

ed r

esul

ts-

Nuc

lear

eff

ects

larg

e fo

r qu

asie

last

ic c

ross

sec

tion

mea

sure

men

ts

JLab

lum

inos

ity, p

olar

izat

ion,

pol

arim

etry

-->

Stu

dy in

-med

ium

for

m f

acto

rs

usin

g th

e po

lari

zatio

n tr

ansf

er te

chni

que

- A

lmos

t no

sens

itivi

ty to

GE a

t lar

ge Q

2 (e.

g. y

-sca

ling

limits

)

If n

ucle

on m

odif

icat

ion

expl

ains

the

EM

C e

ffec

t, w

hy p

robe

nuc

lei?

Pro

be n

ucle

ons!

15-2

0%

30-3

5%

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E93

-049

(H

all A

): C

ompa

re R

=G

E/G

M o

f a

boun

d pr

oton

to G

E/G

M o

f a

free

pro

ton

Nuc

lear

eff

ects

are

sm

all

(do

tted

and

dash

ed li

nes)

Dat

a ar

e sy

stem

atic

ally

~10%

bel

ow c

alcu

latio

nsw

ithou

t mod

ific

atio

n

Indi

catio

n of

mod

ifie

d fo

rm f

acto

rs in

a n

ucle

us

E03

-104

app

rove

d by

PA

C24

to m

ake

addi

tiona

l, hi

gh p

reci

sion

mea

sure

men

ts

Pola

riza

tion

tran

sfer

in 4 H

e(e,

e’p)

3 He

[S. S

trau

ch -

Det

ails

on

the

phys

ics,

exp

erim

ent,

mod

els]

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* T

his

may

be

orig

in o

f E

MC

eff

ect,

med

ium

mod

ific

atio

ns

The

se f

luct

uatio

ns p

rovi

de a

sm

all h

igh-

dens

ity c

ompo

nent

(sh

ort-

rang

e co

rrel

atio

ns)

Cra

zy N

ew id

eas:

Pro

be e

ven

high

er d

ensi

ties

Ave

rage

nuc

lear

den

sity

isa

few

tim

es s

mal

ler

than

the

criti

cal d

ensi

ty

* W

e ca

n tr

y to

isol

ate

SRC

s to

pro

be h

igh

dens

ity m

atte

r

1

50

100

150

200

250

earl

y u

niv

erse

LH

C

RH

IC

SP

S

AG

S

SIS

ato

mic

nu

clei

neu

tro

n s

tars

chem

ical

fre

eze-

ou

t

ther

mal

fre

eze-

ou

t

had

ron

gas

qu

ark-

glu

on

pla

sma

dec

on

fin

emen

tch

iral

res

tora

tio

n

JLA

B12

25

0.3

NE

T B

AR

YO

N D

EN

SIT

Y (

0.17

GeV

/fm

3 )

8

temperature T (MeV)

Low

tem

pera

ture

high

den

sity

A n

ucle

us is

a d

ynam

ic s

yste

m, w

ith lo

cal f

luct

uatio

ns in

den

sity

If S

RC

s ar

e th

e so

urce

of

the

EM

C e

ffec

t, w

hy p

robe

nuc

lei?

Pro

be S

RC

s in

stea

d!

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Hig

h D

ensi

ty C

onfi

gura

tions

nucl

eon

char

ge r

adiu

s ~

0.86

fm

Ave

. sep

arat

ion

~1.7

fm

in h

eavy

nuc

lei

Nuc

leon

s ar

e al

read

y cl

osel

y pa

cked

in n

ucle

i

Nuc

leon

sep

arat

ion

is li

mite

d by

the

shor

t ran

ge r

epul

sive

cor

e

Ave

rag

en

ucl

ear

den

sity

1.7

fm s

epar

atio

n

Pot

entia

l bet

wee

ntw

o nu

cleo

ns

r [f

m]

V(r

)

~1 f

m

0

1.2

fm s

epar

atio

n

3x n

ucl

ear

mat

ter

0.6

fm s

epar

atio

n

>5 t

imes

nu

clea

r m

atte

rd

ensi

ties

For

a 1

fm s

epar

atio

n (t

ypic

al f

or S

RC

s),

the

cent

ral d

ensi

ty is

~4x

nuc

lear

mat

ter.

Com

para

ble

to n

eutr

on s

tar

dens

ities

!

War

ning

: po

rtio

ns o

f the

per

son

seat

ed n

ext t

o yo

u ar

e at

neut

ron

star

den

siti

es a

nd m

ay c

olla

pse

wit

hout

war

ning

Wit

h no

deg

ener

acy

to k

eep

you

from

col

laps

ing

in u

pon

your

self

at a

ny m

omen

tT

he p

erso

n si

ttin

g ne

xt to

you

cou

ld c

olla

pse

at a

ny m

omen

t, w

itho

ut w

arni

ng!

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522.

533.

54

11.

21.

41.

61.

82

RC12

He3

Q2 <1

.4

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RC12

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Q2 >1

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00.

511.

522.

533.

5

11.

21.

41.

61.

82

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11.

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41.

61.

82

RHe4

He3Q

2 <1.4

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234 �= 67� �8�9��82: � ��; ��>?2 ���

How

to is

olat

e SR

Cs?

- A

(e,e

’) a

t x>

1

Incl

usiv

e sc

atte

ring

fro

m n

ucle

i at x

>1

is d

omin

ated

by

quas

iela

stic

sca

tteri

ng

In a

PW

IA a

naly

sis,

you

can

ext

ract

the

nucl

eon

mom

entu

m d

istr

ibut

ion

Mom

entu

m d

istr

ibut

ion

at v

ery

high

mom

entu

m h

as s

ame

shap

efo

r de

uter

on a

nd h

eavy

nuc

lei

Deu

tero

n a

ndn

ucl

ear

mat

ter

calc

ulat

ions

.

Deu

tero

n a

nd Ir

on

fits

to 4

GeV

dat

a(y

-sca

ling

anal

ysis

)

Hal

l C: E

89-0

08 (

4 G

eV)

E02

-019

pro

ject

ed (

5.7

GeV

)H

all B

: Rat

io o

f A/3 H

e an

d S

LAC

, Hal

l C: A

/2 HR

atio

con

stan

t for

x>

1.5,

Q2 >

1.4

x=1

x=1.

5

Q2 , G

eV2

F2 /A 10-8

10-7

10-6

10-5

10-4

10-3

10-2

10-1

02

46

810

1214

FF

e2

/A

MF

+m

ulti-

nucl

eon

Fra

nkfu

rt a

nd S

trik

man

MF

+2N

Fra

nkfu

rt, D

ay, S

args

ian,

and

Str

ikm

an

Mea

n fie

ld

2N s

hort

-ran

ge c

orre

latio

ns

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How

to p

robe

SR

Cs?

- A

(e,e

’) a

t x>

1

Incl

usiv

e D

IS -

-> q

uark

PD

Fs

Nee

d da

ta o

n lig

ht n

ucle

i to

allo

w s

epar

atio

n of

nuc

lear

effe

cts

from

2N

, 3N

cor

rela

tions

.

JLab

12

GeV

-->

DIS

sca

tteri

ng a

t x>

1

-->

PD

F fo

r SR

C

Red

cur

ve: 2 H

= p

+ n

Blu

e cu

rve:

2 H =

0.9

5(p+

n) +

0.0

5(6q

)

Deu

tero

n pr

ovid

es c

lean

est s

igna

ture

Exp

ect a

ny ‘

quar

k-m

ixin

g’ b

etw

een

nucl

eons

to in

crea

se s

tren

gth

at la

rge

x

Hea

vy n

ucle

i may

yie

ld la

rger

sig

nals

,bu

t nee

d be

tter

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

SR

Cs

for

hadr

onic

‘ba

selin

e’

F2(

x)

Inel

asti

c do

min

ated

for

JLab

12

kine

mat

ics

Incl

usiv

e x>

1 --

> is

olat

e SR

C

SRC

s pr

ovid

e a

high

-den

sity

com

pone

nt in

nuc

lei

I

mpo

rtan

t to

unde

rsta

nd th

eir

impa

ct o

n nu

clea

r st

ruct

ure

M

ore

than

just

as

a ba

selin

e w

hen

look

ing

for

‘exo

tic’

effe

cts

(we

unde

rsta

nd d

eute

ron

as p

+n)

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cross section (fb/(MeV/c) )

0

50

10

0p

na

)

pn

b)

Da

ta 5P

WIA

1 B

od

y

Fu

ll

(

Ge

V/c

)re

lP

00

.20

.40

.6

cross section (fb/(MeV/c) )

0

10

20

30

pp

c)

(

Ge

V/c

)to

tP

00

.20

.40

.60

.8

pp

d)

Stud

ies

of S

hort

-Ran

ge C

orre

latio

nsIn

clus

ive

A(e

,e’)

at

larg

e x

E00

-102

ext

ende

d 16

O(e

,e’p

) m

easu

rem

ents

A(e

,e’p

) at

larg

e P

m a

nd A

(e,e

’NN

)Se

nsit

ive

to n

ucle

on m

omen

tum

dis

trib

utio

n

Ver

y la

rge

kine

mat

ic r

ange

Sens

itiv

e to

2-N

vs.

mul

ti-n

ucle

on S

RC

s

Sens

itiv

e to

siz

e of

SR

Cs

Sens

itiv

e to

the

ful

l spe

ctra

l fun

ctio

n

Mor

e lim

ited

kin

emat

ic r

ange

Sens

itiv

e to

2-N

vs.

mul

ti-n

ucle

on S

RC

s

Sens

itiv

e to

det

ails

of

SRC

s

E02

-019

will

exp

and

kine

mat

ic r

ange

,

add

3 He

and

4 He

to b

ette

r st

udy

2N v

s.

mul

ti-nu

cleo

n co

rrel

atio

ns

Hal

l B, 3 H

ebr

eaku

p

Com

plet

ed m

easu

rem

ents

: SL

AC

, JL

ab H

alls

B,C

Com

plet

ed m

easu

rem

ents

: JL

ab H

alls

A, B

, C

Scal

ing

regi

onQ

2 > 3

GeV

2

E02

-019

(Se

p 20

04)

E89

-008

SLA

C

E01

-015

will

mea

sure

A(e

,e’N

N)

for

heav

ier

nu

clei

at h

igh

Q2

[Det

ails

- J

. Wat

son]

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Prob

ing

SRC

s, p

art 2

: Tag

ged

EM

C e

ffec

t

EM

C e

ffec

t: st

ruct

ure

of a

nuc

leus

as

a f

unct

ion

of a

vera

ge n

ucle

ar d

ensi

ty

Tag

ged

EM

C e

ffec

t: st

ruct

ure

of a

SR

C a

s a

fun

ctio

n of

loca

l den

sity

01

00

20

03

00

40

00

.8

0.8

5

0.9

0.9

51

1.0

5

|p|

(MeV

/c)

x=0.3

x=0.6

Rn

0.4

0.5

Rn =

Fbo

und

2 /

Ffree

2

Stri

ke n

eutr

on in

2 H, t

ag p

roto

n

Sm

all P

S -

-> ~

free

neu

tron

Larg

e P

S -

-> Is

olat

e S

RC

s(h

igh-

dens

ity c

onfig

urat

ion)

Spec

tato

r pr

oton

act

s as

a‘k

nob’

we

can

use

to v

ary

the

dens

ity o

f th

e pa

ir

For

low

spe

ctat

or m

omen

tum

, R ≅

1N

ucle

ar e

ffec

ts m

uch

larg

er f

or

high

-mom

entu

m s

pect

ator

s

Prot

on a

t θ≅1

80o -

-> s

pect

ator

(

reco

nstr

uct i

nitia

l nuc

leon

)

Prot

on a

t low

mom

entu

m -

->

supp

ress

FSI

, off

-she

ll ef

fect

s

~EM

Cef

fect

for

Car

bon

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Prel

imin

ary

resu

lts (

high

spe

ctat

or m

omen

tum

- h

igh

dens

ity)

in <

40 m

inut

es [

S. K

uhn]

E03

-012

: BoN

uS (

low

spe

ctat

or m

omen

tum

- f

ree

neut

ron)

200

5

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Nuc

leon

s in

Hig

h D

ensi

ty M

atte

r:th

e E

MC

eff

ect a

nd b

eyon

d

Impr

oved

exp

erim

ents

of

the

EM

C e

ffec

t

Prob

e in

tern

al s

truc

ture

of

high

den

sity

con

figu

ratio

n

New

exp

erim

ents

, not

pos

sibl

e be

fore

JL

ab

Impr

oved

pre

cisi

on f

or E

MC

eff

ect a

t lar

ge x

EM

C e

ffec

t for

bot

h F 2

and

R

EM

C e

ffec

t in

few

-bod

y nu

clei

(be

tter

calc

ulat

ions

, dif

fere

nt s

hape

)

Mea

sure

dis

trib

utio

n of

sup

erfa

st q

uark

s (D

IS a

t x>

1)

Hal

l B: u

se C

LA

S to

tag

high

-p s

pect

ator

s

in

depe

nden

t low

-p ta

gger

(B

ON

US)

Tag

hig

h-m

omen

tum

spe

ctat

or to

isol

ate

high

den

sity

SR

Cs,

low

-mom

entu

m s

pect

ator

to is

olat

e al

mos

t fre

e nu

cleo

ns

Nuc

leon

for

m f

acto

rs in

side

of

a nu

cleu

s

New

way

s to

mea

sure

nuc

leon

mod

ific

atio

n

Bet

ter

mea

sure

men

ts o

f C

oulo

mb

sum

rul

eB

ette

r lim

its o

n nu

cleo

n ‘s

wel

ling’

Thi

s is

not

you

r fa

ther

’s O

ldsm

obile

EM

C e

ffec

t

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Why

sto

p w

ith n

ucle

ons?

We

can

put o

ther

stu

ff in

nuc

lei

How

do

othe

r (e

xoti

c?)

hadr

ons

inte

ract

wit

h th

e nu

cleu

s?

How

do

quar

ks in

tera

ct w

ith

the

nucl

eus?

Intr

insi

cally

sm

all h

adro

ns -

sub

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esho

ld J

/ψ p

rodu

ctio

n

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rk p

ropa

gatio

n, q

uark

had

roni

zatio

n in

a h

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nic

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ium

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min

e Q

CD

in o

ther

‘ex

trem

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ases

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k fo

r Q

CD

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lor)

deg

rees

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free

dom

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ucle

i

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leon

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the

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lear

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iron

men

t"

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t-lik

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nfig

urat

ions

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olor

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nspa

renc

y

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Col

or T

rans

pare

ncy

pQC

D p

redi

cts

that

a h

adro

n in

a p

oint

-lik

e co

nfig

urat

ion

(PL

C)

will

hav

e a

very

sm

all c

olor

inte

ract

ion

due

to th

e ca

ncel

latio

n of

the

colo

r ch

arge

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dard

exa

mpl

e: P

roto

n kn

ocko

ut r

eact

ion

-For

m P

LC

in h

ard,

exc

lusi

ve in

tera

ctio

n [

requ

ires

hig

h-Q

2 . How

hig

h?]

-PL

C tr

avel

s th

roug

h nu

cleu

s [

requ

ires

PL

C to

‘su

rviv

e’ ~

1 fm

or

mor

e]

-PL

C h

as r

educ

ed in

tera

ctio

n w

ith n

ucle

us -

-> r

educ

ed a

bsor

ptio

n [

extr

act t

rans

pare

ncy

= σ

A /

σ H a

s fu

nctio

n of

Q2 ]

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ell d

esig

ned

set o

f ex

peri

men

ts c

an s

tudy

the

form

atio

n, e

volu

tion,

and

inte

ract

ion

of th

is e

xotic

QC

D s

tate

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us to

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all e

lect

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mal

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in a

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Col

or T

rans

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ncy:

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ring

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Col

or T

rans

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ncy

in m

eson

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Qua

rk p

ropa

gatio

n th

roug

h N

ucle

i

If D

OE

off

ered

us

an a

ccel

erat

or w

ith th

ese

para

met

ers,

we

wou

ld b

e cr

azy

to p

ass

it up

, eve

n if

it ta

kes

som

eha

rd w

ork

to in

terp

ret a

ll of

the

mea

sure

men

ts!

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usiv

e D

IS m

easu

rem

ents

are

"fi

re a

nd f

orge

t"H

igh

ener

gy v

irtu

al p

hoto

n hi

ts "

free

" qu

ark

-->

sca

ling,

qua

rk d

istr

ibut

ion

func

tions

, etc

...

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"fr

ee"

quar

k di

sapp

ears

into

the

ethe

r af

ter

it is

str

uck

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crea

te a

nd t

hen

disc

ard

a ta

gged

qua

rk b

eam

insi

de o

f a

targ

et n

ucle

usby

req

uiri

ng t

hat

the

reac

tion

be

a Q

CD

-fre

e zo

ne

Qua

rk in

tera

ctio

n (e

nerg

y lo

ss, r

esca

tteri

ng)

with

hig

h-de

nsity

had

roni

c m

atte

rE

ffec

t of

the

nucl

ear

med

ium

on

quar

k ha

dron

izat

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coul

d us

e th

is ‘

‘bea

m’’

to

stud

y...

Incl

usiv

e sc

atte

ring

fro

m p

arto

ns is

cle

an a

nd s

impl

e, Q

CD

is n

ot

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E02

-104

(H

all B

, spr

ing

2004

):M

easu

red

prod

ucti

on o

f π0 , π

+/- , K

+/- , p

HE

RM

ES

has

mad

e su

ch m

easu

rem

ents

,bu

t with

rel

ativ

ely

low

lum

inos

ity, a

nd(f

or th

e fi

rst f

ew y

ears

) m

ostly

for

the

prot

on a

nd d

eute

ron

to s

tudy

att

enua

tion

, had

roni

zati

on,

from

deu

teri

um, c

arbo

n, ir

on, t

in, l

ead

as a

fun

ctio

n of

ν, q

, z, p

T

and

tra

nsve

rse

mom

entu

m b

road

enin

g

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[360

det

ails

- W

. Bro

oks]

E02

-104

(H

all B

, spr

ing

2004

):M

easu

red

prod

ucti

on o

f π0 , π

+/- , K

+/- , p

6

hadr

ons

x 5

targ

ets

x 4

vari

able

sx

3 to

pics

HE

RM

ES

has

mad

e su

ch m

easu

rem

ents

,bu

t with

rel

ativ

ely

low

lum

inos

ity, a

nd(f

or th

e fi

rst f

ew y

ears

) m

ostly

for

the

prot

on a

nd d

eute

ron

to s

tudy

att

enua

tion

, had

roni

zati

on,

from

deu

teri

um, c

arbo

n, ir

on, t

in, l

ead

as a

fun

ctio

n of

ν, q

, z, p

T

and

tra

nsve

rse

mom

entu

m b

road

enin

g

Qu

ark

pro

pag

atio

n t

hro

ug

h N

ucl

ei

E02

-104

: A d

edic

ated

, hig

h-lu

min

osity

stu

dy o

f qu

ark

prop

agat

ion

at 5

GeV

12 G

eV u

pgra

deL

arge

r ki

nem

atic

ran

ge

Sim

pler

inte

rpre

tatio

nE

xpec

t fac

tori

zatio

n to

be

a be

tter

appr

oxim

atio

n at

hig

her

ener

gy

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J/ψ

pro

duct

ion

Vir

tual

ly n

o ch

arm

qua

rks

in n

ucle

ons

Unu

sual

bou

nd s

tate

of

QC

D

Qua

rk e

xcha

nge

supp

ress

ed

Smal

l siz

e --

> w

eake

r in

tera

ctio

n

co

lor

Van

der

Waa

ls in

tera

ctio

n

2-gl

uon

exch

ange

dom

inat

es -

sen

sitiv

e to

sho

rt

rang

e ef

fect

s (e

.g.h

idde

n co

lor)

Intr

insi

cally

sm

all s

ize

c-c

pair

Pro

be o

f co

lor

inte

ract

ion

Pro

be o

f ex

otic

col

orco

nfig

urat

ions

in n

ucle

i

[Det

ails

- P

. Bos

ted]

J/ψ

pro

paga

tion

in c

old

hadr

onic

mat

ter

wel

l kno

wn

Litt

le is

kno

wn

abou

t it’

s in

tera

ctio

nsJ/

ψ s

uppr

essi

on a

n im

port

ant s

igna

ture

for

QG

P fo

rmat

ion

Exo

tic e

ffec

ts h

ave

been

obs

erve

d at

cha

rm th

resh

old

Poss

ible

sou

rce

of a

ppar

ent ’

CT

’ si

gnat

ure

in B

rook

have

n (p

,2p)

dat

a?L

arge

asy

mm

etry

in d

oubl

e-po

lari

zed

prot

on-p

roto

n sc

atte

ring

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J/ψ

pro

duct

ion

in N

ucle

i

Mea

sure

J/ψ

pro

duct

ion

for

vari

ous

nucl

ei

Smal

l siz

e --

> w

eake

r in

tera

ctio

n

co

lor

Van

der

Waa

ls in

tera

ctio

n

Atte

nuat

ion

-->

ψ-N

cro

ss s

ectio

n

Unu

sual

rea

ctio

n m

echa

nism

-->

sen

sitiv

e to

sm

all c

ompo

nent

s of

nuc

lear

str

uctu

re

yg

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e ’h

idde

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in n

ucle

usO

bser

ve in

sub

-thr

esho

ld p

rodu

ctio

n fr

om S

RC

E03

-008

(Hal

l C):

Cur

rent

dat

a co

me

from

hig

h en

ergy

mea

sure

men

ts -

nee

d to

dis

enta

ngle

atte

nuat

ion

from

for

mat

ion/

cohe

renc

ele

ngth

eff

ects

Is h

avin

g ev

ery

nucl

eon

be in

a c

olor

sing

let s

tate

the

only

way

for

a n

ucle

usto

be

in a

col

or s

ingl

et s

tate

?

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- J/

ψ p

rodu

ctio

n an

d at

tenu

atio

n ar

e in

put t

o Q

GP

sea

rche

s

- ν-

osci

llatio

n an

d sc

atte

ring

mea

sure

men

ts: n

eed

form

fac

tors

,

stru

ctur

e fu

nctio

n, m

odel

s of

nuc

lear

eff

ects

to in

terp

ret r

esul

ts

- Q

uark

deg

rees

of

free

dom

in m

atte

r at

hig

h de

nsity

Exp

erim

ents

in n

ucle

i ope

n up

uniq

ue n

ew w

indo

ws

on Q

CD

in n

ucle

i (nu

clea

r st

ruct

ure)

:

- C

olor

deg

rees

of

free

dom

in n

ucle

i (hi

dden

col

or)

Prog

ram

is n

ot li

mite

d to

lear

ning

abo

ut th

e "r

eal w

orld

":

- C

old,

den

se m

atte

r im

port

ant f

or n

eutr

on s

tars

/ast

roph

ysic

s

Doe

s Q

CD

mat

ter

in th

e "r

eal w

orld

"?

Fina

lly, t

his

phys

ics

has

appl

icat

ions

to o

ther

are

as o

f fu

ndam

enta

l res

earc

h:

1

50

100

150

200

250

ea

rly

un

ive

rse

LH

C

RH

IC

SP

S

AG

S

SIS

ato

mic

nu

cle

in

eu

tro

n s

tars

ch

em

ica

l fr

ee

ze-o

ut

the

rma

l fr

ee

ze-o

ut

ha

dro

n g

as

qu

ark

-glu

on

pla

sm

a

de

co

nfi

ne

me

nt

ch

ira

l re

sto

rati

on

JLA

B12

25

0.3

NE

T B

AR

YO

N D

EN

SIT

Y (

0.17

GeV

/fm

3 )

8

temperature T (MeV)

- C

ompl

emen

ts R

HIC

/LH

C s

tudi

es o

f Q

CD

at h

igh

tem

pera

ture

- Pr

ovid

e de

taile

d in

form

atio

n on

the

EM

C e

ffec

t, nu

cleo

n m

odif

icat

ion

in n

ucle

i,

Col

or T

rans

pare

ncy,

qua

rk e

nerg

y lo

ss, J

/ψ p

rodu

ctio

n an

d in

tera

ctio

n, e

tc...

- In

the

end,

thes

e al

l tel

l us

som

ethi

ng a

bout

QC

D