Probing Cold Dense Nuclear Matter
Nuclear Experiment
2009-08-13 v1
Abstract
The protons and neutrons in a nucleus can form strongly correlated nucleon pairs. Scattering experiments, where a proton is knocked-out of the nucleus with high momentum transfer and high missing momentum, show that in 12C the neutron-proton pairs are nearly twenty times as prevalent as proton-proton pairs and, by inference, neutron-neutron pairs. This difference between the types of pairs is due to the nature of the strong force and has implications for understanding cold dense nuclear systems such as neutron stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0908.1514,
title = {Probing Cold Dense Nuclear Matter},
author = {R. Subedi and R. Shneor and P. Monaghan and B. D. Anderson and K. Aniol and J. Annand and J. Arrington and H. Benaoum and F. Benmokhtar and W. Bertozzi and W. Boeglin and J. -P. Chen and Seonho Choi and E. Cisbani and B. Craver and S. Frullani and F. Garibaldi and S. Gilad and R. Gilman and O. Glamazdin and J. -O. Hansen and D. W. Higinbotham and T. Holmstrom and H. Ibrahim and R. Igarashi and C. W. de Jager and E. Jans and X. Jiang and L. Kaufman and A. Kelleher and A. Kolarkar and G. Kumbartzki and J. J. LeRose and R. Lindgren and N. Liyanage and D. J. Margaziotis and P. Markowitz and S. Marrone and M. Mazouz and D. Meekins and R. Michaels and B. Moffit and C. F. Perdrisat and E. Piasetzky and M. Potokar and V. Punjabi and Y. Qiang and J. Reinhold and G. Ron and G. Rosner and A. Saha and B. Sawatzky and A. Shahinyan and S. Širca and K. Slifer and P. Solvignon and V. Sulkosky and G. Urciuoli and E. Voutier and J. W. Watson and L. B. Weinstein and B. Wojtsekhowski and S. Wood and X. -C. Zheng and L. Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.1514},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 5 figures