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Quantitative information on the tensor force induced isospin-dependence of short-range nucleon-nucleon correlation (SRC) extracted from recent J-Lab experiments was used in constraining the high-momentum tails of single nucleon momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-13 Chang Xu , Bao-An Li

We explore the EMC effect of gluons through heavy quark production in deep inelastic scattering (DIS) and the nucleon-nucleon short range correlation (SRC) from sub-threshold photoproduction of the $J/\psi$. Applying an effective field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-07 Wei Wang , Ji Xu , Xing-Hua Yang , Shuai Zhao

We reveal nuclear many-body effects on short range correlations by ab initio no-core shell model calculations of the scaling factor a2. The factor a2 characterizes the abundance of SRC pairs and is linearly related to the EMC effect. Our…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-22 Haoyu Shang , Jiawei Chen , Rongzhe Hu , Xin Zhen , Chongji Jiang , Junchen Pei

In this work, we focus on the possible linear relation between short-range correlations (SRCs) and the EMC effect for partons in nuclei. First, we test a linear relationship pertaining to gluons in bound nuclei; it is manifested as a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-21 Shu-Man Hu , Wei Wang , Ji Xu , Xing-Hua Yang , Shuai Zhao

The target-mass number dependence of nucleon-nucleon pairs with short-range correlations is explored in a physically transparent geometrical model within a zero-range approximation. The observed $A$ dependence of 2-nucleon ejection cross…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-20 U. Mosel , K. Gallmeister

In this paper, we examine the hypothesis that the nuclear EMC effect comes merely from the N-N SRC pairs inside the nucleus and that the properties of N-N SRC pair are universal among the various nuclei, using the conventional $x$-rescaling…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-02-24 Rong Wang , Na-Na Ma , Tao-Feng Wang

The variations of short-range correlations (SRC) across nuclei can be quantified in an approximately model-independent fashion in terms of the so-called SRC scaling factors. We provide predictions for the SRC scaling factors for both bound…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-12-09 Jan Ryckebusch , Wim Cosyn , Tom Vieijra , Corneel Casert

Electron scattering measurements from high-momentum nucleons in nuclei at SLAC and Jefferson Lab (JLab) have shown that these nucleons are generally associated with two-nucleon short-range correlations (2N-SRCs). These SRCs are formed when…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-09-11 Nadia Fomin , John Arrington , Shujie Li

Nucleon short-range correlations (SRCs) and their high-momentum tails (HMTs) encode key short-range dynamics in nuclei and dense matter. This review provides a concise overview of SRC features relevant to the Equation of State (EOS) of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-20 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , Yu-Gang Ma

It is well known that strongly correlated neutron-proton pairs, the short-range correlations (SRC), can modify many of the nuclear properties. In this work we have introduced, for the first time, short range correlations in the calculation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-19 Mateus R. Pelicer , Débora P. Menezes , Mariana Dutra , Odilon Lourenço

We utilize the generalized contact formalism in conjunction with the Woods-Saxon mean-field description of the long-range part of the nuclear wave function to assess the relative prevalence of short-range correlation pairs within atomic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-23 Raz Yankovich , Ehoud Pazy , Nir Barnea

Valence-shell nucleon knock-out experiments, such as 12C(e,e'p)11B, measure less strength then is predicted by independent particle shell model calculations. The theoretical solution to this problem is to include the correlations between…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-20 Douglas W. Higinbotham

We present new data probing short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei through the measurement of electron scattering off high-momentum nucleons in nuclei. The inclusive 4He/3He cross section ratio is observed to be both x and Q2 independent…

Short-range correlations (SRC) in asymmetric nuclei with an unusual neutron-to-proton ratio can be studied with quasi-free two-nucleon knockout processes following the collision between accelerated ions and a proton target. We derive an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-01-09 Sam Stevens , Jan Ryckebusch , Wim Cosyn , Andreas Waets

Short-range correlations in nuclear and neutron matter are examined through the properties of the correlated wave function obtained by solving the Bethe-Goldstone equation. Tensor correlations are explored through the dominant tensor-driven…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-12-24 Francesca Sammarruca

A linear correlation is shown quantitatively between the magnitude of the EMC effect measured in electron deep inelastic scattering (DIS) and the nuclear residual strong interaction energy (RSIE) obtained from nuclear binding energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-31 Rong Wang , Xurong Chen

Nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations (SRCs) induce a high momentum tail (HMT) in the single-nucleon momentum distribution function $n_{\v{k}}^J(\rho,\delta)$ in cold neutron-rich matter. While there are clear experimental evidences that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-10-21 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li

Using an isospin-dependent transport model, we study isospin effects on two-nucleon correlation functions in heavy-ion collisions induced by neutron-rich nuclei at intermediate energies. We find that these correlation functions are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Lie-Wen Chen , V. Greco , C. M. Ko , Bao-An Li

Recent experiments and many-body calculations indicate that approximately 20\% of the nucleons in medium and heavy nuclei ($A\geq12$) are part of short-range correlated (SRC) primarily neutron-proton ($np$) pairs. We find that using chiral…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-15 G. A. Miller , A. Beck , S. May-Tal Beck , L. B. Weinstein , E. Piasetzky , O. Hen

We measured the triple coincidence A(e,e'np) and A(e,e'pp) reactions on carbon, aluminum, iron, and lead targets at Q2 > 1.5 (GeV/c)2, xB > 1.1 and missing momentum > 400 MeV/c. This was the first direct measurement of both proton-proton…