Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2009-04-06
Phys.Rev.C80:011602,2009
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
10 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.80.011602
We consider high-energy quasifree single- and two-proton knockout reactions induced by electrons and protons and address the question what target-nucleus densities can be effectively probed after correcting for nuclear attenuation (initial- and final-state interactions). Our calculations refer to ejected proton kinetic energies of 1.5 GeV, the reactions (e,e'p), (\gamma,pp) and (p,2p) and a carbon target. It is shown that each of the three reactions is characterized by a distinctive sensitivity to the density of the target nucleus. The bulk of the (\gamma,pp) strength stems from the high-density regions in the deep nuclear interior. Despite the strong attenuation, sizable densities can be probed by (p,2p) provided that the energy resolution allows one to pick nucleons from s orbits. The effective mean densities that can be probed in high-energy (e,e'p) are of the order of 30-50% of the nuclear saturation density.
Cosyn Wim
Ryckebusch Jan
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