Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139734
Publication Title
Physics Letters B
Volume
868
Pages
139734
Abstract
Inclusive electron scattering at carefully chosen kinematics can isolate scattering from the high-momentum nucleons in short-range correlations (SRCs). SRCs are produced by the hard, short-distance interactions of nucleons in the nucleus, and because the two-nucleon (2N) SRCs arise from the same N-N interaction in all nuclei, the cross section in the SRC-dominated regime is identical up to an overall scaling factor. This scaling behavior has been used to identify SRC dominance and to measure the contribution of SRCs in a wide range of nuclei. We examine this scaling behavior over a range of momentum transfers using new data on ²H, ³H, and ³He, and find an expanded scaling region compared to heavy nuclei. Motivated by this improved scaling, we examine the ³H and ³He data in kinematics where three-nucleon SRCs may play an important role. The data for the largest struck nucleon momenta are consistent with isolation of scattering from three-nucleon SRCs, and suggest that the very highest momentum nucleons in ³He have a nearly isospin-independent momentum configuration.
Rights
© 2025 The Authors.
This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
Data Availability
Article states: "Data will be made available on request."
Original Publication Citation
Li, S., Santiesteban, S. N., Arrington, J., Cruz-Torres, R., Kurbany, L., Abrams, D., Alsalmi, S., Androic, D., Aniol, K., Averett, T., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Bane, J., Barcus, S., Barrow, J., Beck, A., Bellini, V., Bhatt, H., Bhetuwal, D., Biswas, D.,…Zheng, X. (2025). Inclusive studies of two- and three-nucleon short-range correlations in ³H and ³He. Physics Letters B, 868, 1-6, Article 139734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139734
ORCID
0000-0002-4136-2572 (Bulumulla), 0000-0001-7282-8120 (Hyde), 0000-0002-1265-2212 (Hauenstein)
Repository Citation
Li, S.; Santiesteban, S. N.; Arrington, J.; Cruz-Torres, R.; Kurbany, L.; Abrams, D.; Alsalmi, S.; Androic, D.; Aniol, K.; Averett, T.; Ayerbe Gayoso, C.; Bane, J.; Barcus, S.; Barrow, J.; Beck, A.; Bellini, V.; Bhatt, H.; Bhetuwal, D.; Biswas, D.; Bulumulla, D.; Camsonne, A.; Castellanos, J.; Chen, J.; Chen, J. -P.; Chrisman, D.; Christy, M. E.; Clarke, C.; Covrig, S.; Craycraft, K.; Day, D.; Dutta, D.; Fuchey, E.; Gal, C.; Garibaldi, F.; Gautam, T. N.; Gogami, T.; Gomez, J.; Guèye, P.; Habarakada, A.; Hague, T. J.; Hansen, J. O.; Hauenstein, F.; Henry, W.; Higinbotham, D. W.; Holt, R. J.; Hyde, C. E.; Itabashi, K.; Kaneta, M.; Karki, A.; Katramatou, A. T.; Keppel, C. E.; Khachatryan, M.; Khachatryan, V.; King, P. M.; Korover, I.; Kutz, T.; Lashley-Colthirst, N.; Li, W. B.; Liu, H.; Liyanage, N.; Long, E.; Mammei, J.; Markowitz, P.; McClellan, R. E.; Meddi, F.; Meekins, D.; Mey-Tal Beck, S.; Michaels, R.; Mihovilovič, M.; Moyer, A.; Nagao, S.; Nelbuyin, V.; Nguyen, D.; Nycz, M.; Olson, M.; Ou, L.; Owen, V.; Palatchi, C.; Pandey, B.; Papadopoulou, A.; Park, S.; Paul, S.; Petkovic, T.; Pomatsalyuk, R.; Premathilake, S.; Punjabi, V.; Ransome, R. D.; Reimer, P. E.; Reinhold, J.; Riordan, S.; Roche, J.; Rodriguez, V. M.; Schmidt, A.; Schmookler, B.; Segarra, E. P.; Shahinyan, A.; Širca, S.; Slifer, K.; Solvignon, P.; Su, T.; Suleiman, R.; Szumila-Vance, H.; Tang, L.; Tian, Y.; Tireman, W.; Tortorici, F.; Toyama, Y.; Uehara, K.; Urciuoli, G. M.; Votaw, D.; Williamson, J.; Wojtsekhowski, B.; Wood, S.; Ye, Z. H.; Zhang, J.; and Zheng, X., "Inclusive Studies of Two- and Three- Nucleon Short-Range Correlations in ³H and ³He" (2025). Physics Faculty Publications. 979.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/979
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