Speaker
Dr
Roy Holt
(Argonne National Laboratory)
Description
The development of a novel tritium target for Jefferson Lab has led to renewed interest in the mass three system. Very little data exist for electron scattering from the triton. For example, no data exist for deep inelastic scattering from the triton. Deep inelastic scattering measurements for the three-nucleon nuclei provide a powerful means to determine the neutron structure function. The isospin dependence of electron scattering from light nuclei provide information short range correlations in nuclei. An improved determination of the charge radius of the triton should now be possible. The program using the new tritium target as well as some technical aspects of the target will be presented.
1This work was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
Primary author
Dr
Roy Holt
(Argonne National Laboratory)
