Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2008-03-27
Phys.Rev.C78:015208,2008
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
20 pages, 19 figures replacement adds references
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.78.015208
We study the electroproduction of rho mesons in nuclei at intermediate energies, deriving a treatment of the energy lost by the rho in each step of multiple-scattering. This enables a close match between calculations and the experimental kinematic conditions. A standard Glauber calculation is presented, and then the effects of color-transparency are included. The influence of poor experimental resolution on the extracted transparency is assessed. The effects of $\rho$ meson decay inside the nucleus are examined, and are typically about 5 percent at most. This effect disappears rapidly as $Q^2$ increases from about 1 to 3 GeV$^2$, causing a rise in the transparency that is not attributable to color transparency. The size of color transparency effects for C and Fe nuclei is studied for values of $Q^2$ up to 10 GeV$^2$. The detailed results depend strongly on the assumed value of the $\rho N$ cross section. The overall effects of color transparency are greater than about 10 % for both nuclear targets if $Q^2$ is greater than about 5 GeV$^2$.
Frankfurt Leonid L.
Miller Gary A.
Strikman Mark
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