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Superscaling of non-quasielastic electron-nucleus scattering

Nuclear Theory 2009-09-24 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The present study is focused on the superscaling behavior of electron-nucleus cross sections in the region lying above the quasielastic peak, especially the region dominated by electroexcitation of the Delta. Non-quasielastic cross sections are obtained from all available high-quality data for Carbon 12 by subtracting effective quasielastic cross sections based on the superscaling hypothesis. These residuals are then compared with results obtained within a scaling-based extension of the relativistic Fermi gas model, including an investigation of violations of scaling of the first kind in the region above the quasielastic peak. A way potentially to isolate effects related to meson-exchange currents by subtracting both impulsive quasielastic and impulsive inelastic contributions from the experimental cross sections is also presented.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1841,
  title  = {Superscaling of non-quasielastic electron-nucleus scattering},
  author = {C. Maieron and J. E. Amaro and M. B. Barbaro and J. A. Caballero and T. W. Donnelly and C. F. Williamson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1841},
  year   = {2009}
}

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RevTeX, 34 pages including 11 figures