Experimental study of tensor structure function of deuteron.
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| Title: | Experimental study of tensor structure function of deuteron. |
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| Authors: | Poudel, Jiwan1 (AUTHOR) jpoudel@jlab.org, Bacchetta, Alessandro2 (AUTHOR), Chen, Jian-Ping1 (AUTHOR), Santiesteban, Nathaly3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | European Physical Journal A -- Hadrons & Nuclei. Apr2025, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p1-8. 8p. |
| Subjects: | Deep inelastic collisions, Gluons, Particles (Nuclear physics), Quarks, Deuterons |
| Abstract: | The deuteron is the lightest spin-1 nucleus, consisting of a weakly bound system of two spin- 1 2 nucleons. One intriguing characteristic of the deuteron is the tensor polarized structure, which cannot be naively constructed combining the proton and neutron structure. The tensor structure of the deuteron provides unique insights into the quarks and gluons distributions and their dynamics within the nucleus. It can be studied experimentally through inclusive and semi-inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) of electrons on tensor polarized deuterons. One-dimensional (longitudinal-momentum-dependent) tensor structure functions are extracted from the inclusive DIS, whereas three-dimensional with additional transverse-momentum-dependent tensor structure functions are extracted from the semi-inclusive DIS. Experimentally, achieving high tensor polarization for such measurements has been a challenge. Significant progress has recently been made in enhancing the tensor polarization for polarized deuteron target, opening up a new window for experimental studies of the deuteron tensor structure. In this article, we discuss the tensor structure functions of the deuteron and the experimental schemes to extract these functions at Jefferson Lab, highlighting the potential measurements of the transverse-momentum-dependent tensor structure functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The deuteron is the lightest spin-1 nucleus, consisting of a weakly bound system of two spin- 1 2 nucleons. One intriguing characteristic of the deuteron is the tensor polarized structure, which cannot be naively constructed combining the proton and neutron structure. The tensor structure of the deuteron provides unique insights into the quarks and gluons distributions and their dynamics within the nucleus. It can be studied experimentally through inclusive and semi-inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) of electrons on tensor polarized deuterons. One-dimensional (longitudinal-momentum-dependent) tensor structure functions are extracted from the inclusive DIS, whereas three-dimensional with additional transverse-momentum-dependent tensor structure functions are extracted from the semi-inclusive DIS. Experimentally, achieving high tensor polarization for such measurements has been a challenge. Significant progress has recently been made in enhancing the tensor polarization for polarized deuteron target, opening up a new window for experimental studies of the deuteron tensor structure. In this article, we discuss the tensor structure functions of the deuteron and the experimental schemes to extract these functions at Jefferson Lab, highlighting the potential measurements of the transverse-momentum-dependent tensor structure functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 14346001 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01558-w |
