Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.082301

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

126

Issue

8

Pages

1-6

Abstract

Quasielastic 12C(e,e'p) scattering was measured at spacelike 4-momentum transfer squared Q2 = 8, 9.4, 11.4, and 14.2 (GeV/c)2, the highest ever achieved to date. Nuclear transparency for this reaction was extracted by comparing the measured yield to that expected from a plane-wave impulse approximation calculation without any final state interactions. The measured transparency was consistent with no Q2 dependence, up to proton momenta of 8.5 GeV/c, ruling out the quantum chromodynamics effect of color transparency at the measured Q2 scales in exclusive (e, e'p) reactions. These results impose strict constraints on models of color transparency for protons.

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Original Publication Citation

Bhetuwal, D., Matter, J., Szumila-Vance, H., Hauenstein, F., Yero, C., Zhang, J., & Hall C Collaboration (2021). Ruling out color transparency in quasielastic ¹²C(e,e'p) up to Q² of 14.2 (GeV/c)². Physical Review Letters, 126(8), 1-6, Article 082301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.082301

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