Revealing the short-range structure of the mirror nuclei H-3 and He-3

S. Li; R. Cruz-Torres; N. Santiesteban; Z. H. Ye; D. Abrams; S. Alsalmi; D. Androic; K. Aniol; J. Arrington; T. Averett; C. Ayerbe Gayoso; J. Bane; S. Barcus; J. Barrow; A. Beck; Bellini; H. Bhatt; D. Bhetuwal; D. Biswas; D. Bulumulla; A. Camsonne; J. Castellanos; J. Chen; J-P Chen; D. Chrisman; M. E. Christy; C. Clarke; S. Covrig; K. Craycraft; D. Day; D. Dutta; E. Fuchey; C. Gal; F. Garibaldi; T. N. Gautam; T. Gogami; J. Gomez; P. Gueye; A. Habarakada; T. J. Hague; J. O. Hansen; F. Hauenstein; W. Henry; D. W. Higinbotham; R. J. Holt; C. Hyde; T. Itabashi; M. Kaneta; A. Karki; A. T. Katramatou; C. E. Keppel; M. Khachatryan; Khachatryan; P. M. King; Korover; L. Kurbany; T. Kutz; N. Lashley-Colthirst; W. B. Li; H. Liu; N. Liyanage; E. Long; J. Mammei; P. Markowitz; R. E. McClellan; F. Meddi; D. Meekins; S. Mey-Tal Beck; R. Michaels; M. Mihovilovic; A. Moyer; S. Nagao; Nelyubin; D. Nguyen; M. Nycz; M. Olson; L. Ou; Owen; C. Palatchi; B. Pandey; A. Papadopoulou; S. Park; S. Paul; T. Petkovic; R. Pomatsalyuk; S. Premathilake; Punjabi; R. D. Ransome; P. E. Reimer; J. Reinhold; S. Riordan; J. Roche; V. M. Rodriguez; A. Schmidt; B. Schmookler; E. P. Segarra; A. Shahinyan; K. Slifer; P. Solvignon; S. Sirca; T. Su; R. Suleiman; H. Szumila-Vance; L. Tang; Y. Tian; W. Tireman; F. Tortorici; Y. Toyama; K. Uehara; G. M. Urciuoli; D. Votaw; J. Williamson; B. Wojtsekhowski; S. Wood; J. Zhang; X. Zheng

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Revealing the short-range structure of the mirror nuclei H-3 and He-3

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Revealing the short-range structure of the mirror nuclei H-3 and He-3

S. Li, R. Cruz-Torres, N. Santiesteban, Z. H. Ye, D. Abrams, S. Alsalmi, D. Androic, K. Aniol, J. Arrington, T. Averett, …

Nature (London), Vol.609(7925), p.41

01/09/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05007-2

PMID: 36045235

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When protons and neutrons (nucleons) are bound into atomic nuclei, they are close enough to feel significant attraction, or repulsion, from the strong, short-distance part of the nucleon-nucleon interaction. These strong interactions lead to hard collisions between nucleons, generating pairs of highly energetic nucleons referred to as short-range correlations (SRCs). SRCs are an important but relatively poorly understood part of nuclear structure(1-3), and mapping out the strength and the isospin structure (neutron-proton (np) versus proton-proton (pp) pairs) of these virtual excitations is thus critical input for modelling a range of nuclear, particle and astrophysics measurements(3-5). Two-nucleon knockout or 'triple coincidence' reactions have been used to measure the relative contribution of np-SRCs and pp-SRCs by knocking out a proton from the SRC and detecting its partner nucleon (proton or neutron). These measurements(6-8) have shown that SRCs are almost exclusively np pairs, but they had limited statistics and required large model-dependent final-state interaction corrections. Here we report on measurements using inclusive scattering from the mirror nuclei hydrogen-3 and helium-3 to extract the np/pp ratio of SRCs in systems with a mass number of three. We obtain a measure of the np/pp SRC ratio that is an order of magnitude more precise than previous experiments, and find a marked deviation from the near-total np dominance observed in heavy nuclei. This result implies an unexpected structure in the high-momentum wavefunction for hydrogen-3 and helium-3. Understanding these results will improve our understanding of the short-range part of the nucleon-nucleon interaction.

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Title: Revealing the short-range structure of the mirror nuclei H-3 and He-3
Creators - without role: S. Li - University of New Hampshire at Manchester
R. Cruz-Torres - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
N. Santiesteban - Univ New Hampshire, Dept Phys & Astron, Durham, NH 03824 USA
Z. H. Ye - Tsinghua University
D. Abrams - University of Virginia
S. Alsalmi - Kent State University
D. Androic - University of Zagreb
K. Aniol - California State University Los Angeles
J. Arrington - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
T. Averett - Williams
C. Ayerbe Gayoso - William & Mary
J. Bane - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
S. Barcus - William & Mary
J. Barrow - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
A. Beck - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bellini - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy
H. Bhatt - Mississippi State University
D. Bhetuwal - Mississippi State University
D. Biswas - Hampton University
D. Bulumulla - Old Dominion University
A. Camsonne - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
J. Castellanos - Florida Int Univ, Dept Phys, Miami, FL 33199 USA
J. Chen - William & Mary
J-P Chen - William & Mary
D. Chrisman - Michigan State University
M. E. Christy - Hampton University
C. Clarke - Stony Brook University
S. Covrig - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
K. Craycraft - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
D. Day - University of Virginia
D. Dutta - Mississippi State University
E. Fuchey - University of Connecticut
C. Gal - University of Virginia
F. Garibaldi - INFN Sezione di Roma I
T. N. Gautam - Hampton University
T. Gogami - Tohoku University
J. Gomez - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
P. Gueye - Michigan State University
A. Habarakada - Hampton University
T. J. Hague - Kent State University
J. O. Hansen - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
F. Hauenstein - Old Dominion University
W. Henry - Temple University
D. W. Higinbotham - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
R. J. Holt - Argonne National Laboratory
C. Hyde - Old Dominion University
T. Itabashi - Tohoku University
M. Kaneta - Tohoku University
A. Karki - Mississippi State University
A. T. Katramatou - Kent State University
C. E. Keppel - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
M. Khachatryan - Old Dominion University
Khachatryan - Stony Brook University
P. M. King - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Korover - Nucl Res Ctr Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
L. Kurbany - University of New Hampshire
T. Kutz - Stony Brook University
N. Lashley-Colthirst - Hampton University
W. B. Li - William & Mary
H. Liu - Columbia University
N. Liyanage - University of Virginia
E. Long - University of New Hampshire
J. Mammei - University of Manitoba
P. Markowitz - Florida International University
R. E. McClellan - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
F. Meddi - INFN Sezione di Roma I
D. Meekins - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
S. Mey-Tal Beck - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. Michaels - Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
M. Mihovilovic - Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
A. Moyer - Christopher Newport University
S. Nagao - Tohoku University
Nelyubin - University of Virginia
D. Nguyen - University of Virginia
M. Nycz - Kent State University
M. Olson - St. Norbert College
L. Ou - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Owen - William & Mary
C. Palatchi - University of Virginia
B. Pandey - Hampton University
A. Papadopoulou - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S. Park - Stony Brook University
S. Paul - William & Mary
T. Petkovic - University of Zagreb
R. Pomatsalyuk - Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
S. Premathilake - University of Virginia
Punjabi - Norfolk State University
R. D. Ransome - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
P. E. Reimer - Argonne National Laboratory
J. Reinhold - Florida International University
S. Riordan - Argonne National Laboratory
J. Roche - Ohio University
V. M. Rodriguez - Ana G. Mendez University System
A. Schmidt - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B. Schmookler - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E. P. Segarra - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Shahinyan - Alikhanyan National Laboratory
K. Slifer - University of New Hampshire at Manchester
P. Solvignon - University of New Hampshire at Manchester
S. Sirca - Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
T. Su - Kent State University
R. Suleiman - Newport
H. Szumila-Vance - Newport
L. Tang - Newport
Y. Tian - Syracuse University
W. Tireman - Northern Michigan University
F. Tortorici - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy
Y. Toyama - Tohoku University
K. Uehara - Tohoku University
G. M. Urciuoli - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Rome, Italy
D. Votaw - Michigan State University
J. Williamson - University of Glasgow
B. Wojtsekhowski - Newport
S. Wood - Newport
J. Zhang - University of Virginia
X. Zheng - University of Virginia
Publication Details: Nature (London), Vol.609(7925), p.41
Publisher: NATURE PORTFOLIO
Number of pages: 11
Grant note: DE-AC02-05CH11231; DE-FG02-88ER40410; DE-SC0014168; DE-FG02-96ER40950 / Department of Energy's Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics; United States Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) PHY-1714809 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF) DE-AC05-06OR23177 / DOE; United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Identifiers: 9948630408331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article