Conveners
EMC effect, SRC
- Jackson Pybus (MIT)
Since the discovery of the EMC Effect nearly 40 years ago, there has been significant theoretical and experimental effort dedicated to understanding its underlying cause. However, to this day, the EMC Effect remains one of the great unsolved mysteries in nuclear and particle physics. Questions such as whether the EMC Effect implies that nucleon form factors are modified in nuclei or if the...
Recent data mining analyses from the CLAS experiment at Jefferson Lab have enabled detection of neutrons from the hard break up of Short-Range Correlated (SRC) pairs, leading to the observation that protons are disproportionately represented in high momentum states in neutron-rich nuclei. Here we seek to determine whether neutrons speed up in proton-rich nuclei by studying the proton-rich...
Nearly all measurements of SRC are done at high xB. Using new analysis methods and semi-inclusive data, we can extend our kinematic range to low xB.
Short Range Correlations (SRCs) are a feature of the internal structure of all
types of nuclei. Characterized by their relative and center of mass momenta,
SRC pairs have been well studied with quasi-elastic electron scattering
experiments. The reliance on electron scattering however, makes it difficult
to assess the influence of reaction effects and final state interactions on
what...
