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Precision measurements of the nucleon strange form factors at Q2 approximately 0.1 GeV2.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2007 Jan 19; Vol. 98 (3), pp. 032301. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Jan 18. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- We report new measurements of the parity-violating asymmetry A(PV) in elastic scattering of 3 GeV electrons off hydrogen and 4He targets with <theta(lab)> approximately 6.0 degrees . The 4He result is A(PV)=(+6.40+/-0.23(stat)+/-0.12(syst))x10(-6). The hydrogen result is A(PV)=(-1.58+/-0.12(stat)+/-0.04(syst))x10(-6). These results significantly improve constraints on the electric and magnetic strange form factors G(E)(s) and G(M)(s). We extract G(E)(s)=0.002+/-0.014+/-0.007 at <Q(2)>=0.077 GeV2, and G(E)(s)+0.09G(M)(s)=0.007+/-0.011+/-0.006 at <Q(2)>=0.109 GeV2, providing new limits on the role of strange quarks in the nucleon charge and magnetization distributions.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0031-9007
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17358678
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.032301