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Polarization transfer in quasi-elastic nucleon knockout is sensitive to the properties of the nucleon in the nuclear medium, including possible modification of the nucleon form factor and/or spinor. In our recently completed experiment E03-104 at Jefferson Lab we measured the proton recoil polarization in the 4He(evector ,e′pvector )3H reaction at a Q2 of 0.8 (GeV/c)2 and 1.3 (GeV/c)2 with unprecedented precision. These data complement earlier data between 0.4 and 2.6 (GeV/c)2 from both Mainz and Jefferson Lab. The measured ratio of polarization-transfer coefficients differs from a fully relativistic calculation, favoring either the inclusion of a medium modification of the proton form factors predicted by a quark-meson coupling model or strong charge-exchange final-state interactions. The measured induced polarizations agree well with the fully relativistic calculation and indicate that these strong final-state interactions may not be applicable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hard deuteron photodisintegration has been investigated for 20 years, as its cross section follows the constituent counting rule and it provides insight into the interplay between hadronic and quark-gluon degrees of freedom in high-momentum transfer exclusive reactions. We have now measured for the first time hard pp-pair disintegration in the reaction γ 3He→pp+n, using kinematics corresponding to a spectator neutron. Cross sections were measured for 90° c.m. at 8 beam energies, from 0.8 to 4.7 GeV. Preliminary results will be presented and compared to the hard deuteron photodisintegration data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polarization transfer in quasi-elastic nucleon knockout is sensitive to the properties of the nucleon in the nuclear medium, including possible modification of the nucleon form factor and/or spinor. In our recently completed experiment E03-104 at Jefferson Lab we measured the proton recoil polarization in the 4He(evector ,e′pvector )3H reaction at a Q2 of 0.8 (GeV/c)2 and 1.3 (GeV/c)2 with unprecedented precision. These data complement earlier data between 0.4 and 2.6 (GeV/c)2 from both Mainz and Jefferson Lab. The measured ratio of polarization-transfer coefficients differs from a fully relativistic calculation, favoring either the inclusion of a medium modification of the proton form factors predicted by a quark-meson coupling model or strong charge-exchange final-state interactions. The measured induced polarizations agree well with the fully relativistic calculation and indicate that these strong final-state interactions may not be applicable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electromagnetic meson production is an important tool in the investigation of the structure of the nucleon. Consequently, a series of meson photo- and electroproduction experiments have been performed with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. In this overview I will report on measurements of cross sections, as well as recent and upcoming measurements of single- and double-polarization observables in meson photoproduction. The data will greatly constrain partial-wave analyses and reduce model-dependent uncertainties in the extraction of nucleon resonance properties. © 2006 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The photodisintegration αvector 3He→ ppn has been studied at Jefferson Lab Hall B using a circularly polarized tagged photon beam in the energy range between 0.35 GeV and 1.55 GeV. Beam-helicity-dependent angular distributions of the final-state particles were measured. Clear helicity asymmetries have been found in the angular distributions. © 2007 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]