Search for Nucleon-nucleon Correlations in the Proton Spectral-function of Pb-208

I Bobeldijk*, HP BLOK, GE DODGE, E JANS, WJ KASDORP, L LAPIKAS, C MARCHAND, G ONDERWATER, A PELLEGRINO, CM SPALTRO, G VANDERSTEENHOVEN, JJM STEIJGER, JA TEMPLON, PKAD HUBERTS

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Abstract

Cross sections for the reaction Pb-208 (e,e'p) have been measured with the continuous electron beam from the Amsterdam Pulse-Stretcher facility at NIKHEF-K. The spectral function has been extracted for protons with initial momenta of 300 to 500 MeV/c and binding energies up to 26 MeV. The data are compared to calculations with and without inclusion of nucleon-nucleon correlations. Mean-field predictions significantly underestimate the data and the discrepancy increases with binding energy. For transitions to the valence states the discrepancy is removed by introducing long-range correlations. Above the two-nucleon emission threshold long-range and short-range correlations reduce the discrepancy, but are insufficient to fully account for the measured strength.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)32-38
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume353
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jun 1995
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Scattering

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