Measurements of the Deuteron Elastic Structure Function A(Q{sup 2}) for 0.7

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 82
• Main Authors: B. D. Anderson, K. A. Aniol, K. Arundell, L. Auerbach, F. T. Baker, J. Berthot, P. Y. Bertin, W. U. Boeglin, H. Breuer, E. Burtin, J. R. Calarco, L. S. Cardman, C. Cavata, C.-C. Chang, J.-P. Chen, E. Cisbani, N. Degrande, B. Diederich, J. J. Domingo, M. B. Epstein, J. M. Finn, H. Fonvieille, B. Frois, S. Frullani, H. Gao, J. Gao, F. Garibaldi, A. Gasparian, S. Gilad, R. Gilman, C. Glashausser, J. Gomez, V. Gorbenko, R. Holmes, M. Holtrop, C. W. de Jager, S. Jaminion, M. K. Jones, W. Kahl, S. Kato, A. T. Katramatou, J. J. Kelly, S. Kerhoas, A. Ketikyan, M. Khayat, L. H. Kramer, K. S. Kumar, A. Leone, J. J. LeRose, M. Liang, R. A. Lindgren, N. Liyanage, G. J. Lolos, R. W. Lourie, R. Madey, D. M. Manley, D. J. Margaziotis, C. J. Martoff, K. McCormick, S. Mehrabyan, Z.-E. Meziani, J. Y. Mougey, S. K. Nanda, E. A. J. M. Offermann, Z. Papandreou, C. F. Perdrisat, R. Perrino, G. G. Petratos, S. Platchkov, R. Pomatsalyuk, D. L. Prout, V. A. Punjabi, T. Pussieux, R. D. Ransome, Y. Roblin, D. Rowntree, P. M. Rutt, A. Saha, T. Saito, A. J. Sarty, A. Serdarevic, T. Smith, K. Soldi, P. Sorokin, P. A. Souder, R. Suleiman, J. A. Templon, T. Terasawa, L. Todor, P. E. Ulmer, L. Van Hoorebeke, B. Vlahovic, H. Voskanyan, J. W. Watson, L. B. Weinstein, R. Wilson, B. B. Wojtsekhowski, D. G. Zainea, W-M. Zhang, J. Zhao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15-02-1999
• Subjects: BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; CEBAF ACCELERATOR; CROSS SECTIONS; DEUTERONS; IMPULSE APPROXIMATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; SCATTERING; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114

The deuteron elastic structure function A(Q{sup 2}) has been extracted in the range 0.7 < or = Q{sup 2} < or = 6.0 (GeV/c){sup 2} from cross section measurements of elastic electron-deuteron scattering in coincidence using the Hall A Facility of Jefferson Laboratory. The data are compared to theoretical models, based on the impulse approximation with the inclusion of meson-exchange currents, and to predictions of quark dimensional scaling and perturbative quantum chromodynamics.