1. Observation of a Coherence Length Effect in Exclusiveρ0Electroproduction
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K. Ackerstaff, A. Airapetian, N. Akopov, I. Akushevich, M. Amarian, E. C. Aschenauer, H. Avakian, R. Avakian, A. Avetissian, B. Bains, S. Barrow, C. Baumgarten, M. Beckmann, St. Belostotski, J. E. Belz, Th. Benisch, S. Bernreuther, N. Bianchi, S. Blanchard, J. Blouw, H. Böttcher, A. Borissov, J. Brack, S. Brauksiepe, B. Braun, B. Bray, St. Brons, W. Brückner, A. Brüll, E. E. W. Bruins, H. J. Bulten, R. V. Cadman, G. P. Capitani, P. Carter, P. Chumney, E. Cisbani, G. R. Court, P. F. Dalpiaz, P. P. J. Delheij, E. De Sanctis, D. De Schepper, E. Devitsin, P. K. A. de Witt Huberts, P. Di Nezza, M. Düren, A. Dvoredsky, G. Elbakian, J. Ely, J. Emerson, A. Fantoni, A. Fechtchenko, M. Ferstl, D. Fick, K. Fiedler, B. W. Filippone, H. Fischer, H. T. Fortune, B. Fox, S. Frabetti, J. Franz, S. Frullani, M.-A. Funk, N. D. Gagunashvili, P. Galumian, H. Gao, Y. Gärber, F. Garibaldi, G. Gavrilov, P. Geiger, V. Gharibyan, V. Giordjian, A. Golendukhin, G. Graw, O. Grebeniouk, P. W. Green, L. G. Greeniaus, C. Grosshauser, M. G. Guidal, A. Gute, V. Gyurjyan, J. P. Haas, W. Haeberli, J.-O. Hansen, D. Hasch, O. Häusser, F. H. Heinsius, R. S. Henderson, Th. Henkes, M. Henoch, R. Hertenberger, Y. Holler, R. J. Holt, W. Hoprich, H. Ihssen, M. Iodice, A. Izotov, H. E. Jackson, A. Jgoun, C. Jones, R. Kaiser, E. Kinney, M. Kirsch, A. Kisselev, P. Kitching, H. Kobayashi, N. Koch, K. Königsmann, M. Kolstein, H. Kolster, V. Korotkov, W. Korsch, V. Kozlov, L. H. Kramer, B. Krause, V. G. Krivokhijine, M. Kückes, F. Kümmell, G. Kyle, W. Lachnit, W. Lorenzon, A. Lung, N. C. R. Makins, F. K. Martens, J. W. Martin, F. Masoli, A. Mateos, M. McAndrew, K. McIlhany, R. D. McKeown, F. Meissner, F. Menden, D. Mercer, A. Metz, N. Meyners, O. Mikloukho, C. A. Miller, M. A. Miller, R. G. Milner, V. Mitsyn, A. Most, R. Mozzetti, V. Muccifora, A. Nagaitsev, Y. Naryshkin, A. M. Nathan, F. Neunreither, M. Niczyporuk, W.-D. Nowak, M. Nupieri, P. Oelwein, H. Ogami, T. G. O'Neill, R. Openshaw, J. Ouyang, B. R. Owen, V. Papavassiliou, S. F. Pate, M. Pitt, H. R. Poolman, S. Potashov, D. H. Potterveld, B. Povh, G. Rakness, A. Reali, R. Redwine, A. R. Reolon, R. Ristinen, K. Rith, H. Roloff, G. Röper, P. Rossi, S. Rudnitsky, M. Ruh, D. Ryckbosch, Y. Sakemi, I. Savin, C. Scarlett, F. Schmidt, H. Schmitt, G. Schnell, K. P. Schüler, A. Schwind, J. Seibert, T.-A. Shibata, T. Shin, V. Shutov, C. Simani, A. Simon, K. Sinram, P. Slavich, J. Sowinski, M. Spengos, E. Steffens, J. Stenger, J. Stewart, F. Stock, U. Stoesslein, M. Sutter, H. Tallini, S. Taroian, A. Terkulov, D. M. Thiessen, E. Thomas, B. Tipton, A. Trudel, M. Tytgat, G. M. Urciuoli, J. J. van Hunen, R. van de Vyver, J. F. J. van den Brand, G. van der Steenhoven, M. C. Vetterli, V. Vikhrov, M. Vincter, J. Visser, E. Volk, W. Wander, T. P. Welch, S. E. Williamson, T. Wise, T. Wölfel, K. Woller, S. Yoneyama, K. Zapfe-Düren, H. Zohrabian, and R. Zurmühle
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Physics ,HERMES experiment ,Particle physics ,Meson ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,High Energy Physics::Lattice ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,Nuclear Theory ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Virtual particle ,01 natural sciences ,Coherence length ,Positron energy ,Nuclear physics ,Deuterium ,Nuclear transparency ,0103 physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics ,Nucleon - Abstract
Exclusive incoherent electroproduction of the ρ0(770) meson from 1H, 2H, 3He, and 14N targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at squared four-momentum transfer Q^2>0.4 GeV^2 and positron energy loss ν from 9 to 20 GeV. The ratio of the 14N to 1H cross sections per nucleon, known as the nuclear transparency, was found to decrease with increasing coherence length of quark-antiquark fluctuations of the virtual photon. The data provide clear evidence of the interaction of the quark-antiquark fluctuations with the nuclear medium.
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- 1999