학술논문

Evidence for the Onset of Color Transparency in $\rho^0$ Electroproduction off Nuclei
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Working Paper
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Fassi, L. ElZana, L.Hafidi, K.Holtrop, M.Mustapha, B.Brooks, W. K.Hakobyan, H.Zheng, X.Adhikari, K. P.Adikaram, D.Aghasyan, M.Amaryan, M. J.Anghinolfi, M.Arrington, J.Avakian, H.Baghdasaryan, H.Battaglieri, M.Batourine, V.Bedlinskiy, I.Biselli, A. S.Bookwalter, C.Branford, D.Briscoe, W. J.Bultmann, S.Burkert, V. D.Carman, D. S.Celentano, A.Chandavar, S.Cole, P. L.Contalbrigo, M.Crede, V.D'Angelo, A.Daniel, A.Dashyan, N.De Vita, R.De Sanctis, E.Deur, A.Dey, B.Dickson, R.Djalali, C.Dodge, G. E.Doughty, D.Dupre, R.Egiyan, H.Alaoui, A. ElElouadrhiri, L.Eugenio, P.Fedotov, G.Fegan, S.Gabrielyan, M. Y.Garcon, M.Gevorgyan, N.Gilfoyle, G. P.Giovanetti, K. L.Girod, F. X.Goetz, J. T.Gohn, W.Golovatch, E.Gothe, R. W.Griffioen, K. A.Guidal, M.Guo, L.Hanretty, C.Heddle, D.Hicks, K.Holt, R. J.Hyde, C. E.Ilieva, Y.Ireland, D. G.Ishkhanov, B. S.Isupov, E. L.Jawalkar, S. S.Keller, D.Khandaker, M.Khetarpal, P.Kim, A.Kim, W.Klein, A.Klein, F. J.Kubarovsky, V.Kuhn, S. E.Kuleshov, S. V.Kuznetsov, V.Laget, J. M.Lu, H. Y.MacGregor, I. J. D.Mao, Y.Markov, N.Mayer, M.McAndrew, J.McKinnon, B.Meyer, C. A.Mineeva, T.Mirazita, M.Mokeev, V.Moreno, B.Moutarde, H.Munevar, E.Nadel-Turonski, P.Ni, A.Niccolai, S.Niculescu, G.Niculescu, I.Osipenko, M.Ostrovidov, A. I.Pappalardo, L.Paremuzyan, R.Park, K.Park, S.Pasyuk, E.Pereira, S. AnefalosPhelps, E.Pisano, S.Pozdniakov, S.Price, J. W.Procureur, S.Protopopescu, D.Raue, B. A.Reimer, P. E.Ricco, G.Rimal, D.Ripani, M.Ritchie, B. G.Rosner, G.Rossi, P.Sabatie, F.Saini, M. S.Salgado, C.Schott, D.Schumacher, R. A.Seraydaryan, H.Sharabian, Y. G.Smith, E. S.Smith, G. D.Sober, D. I.Sokhan, D.Stepanyan, S. S.Stepanyan, S.Stoler, P.Strauch, S.Taiuti, M.Tang, W.Taylor, C. E.Tedeschi, D. J.Tkachenko, S.Ungaro, M.Vernarsky, B .Vineyard, M. F.Voskanyan, H.Voutier, E.Watts, D.Weinstein, L. B.Weygand, D. P.Wood, M. H.Zachariou, N.Zhao, B.Zhao, Z. W.
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Nuclear Experiment
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Abstract
We have measured the nuclear transparency of the incoherent diffractive $A(e,e'\rho^0)$ process in $^{12}$C and $^{56}$Fe targets relative to $^2$H using a 5 GeV electron beam. The nuclear transparency, the ratio of the produced $\rho^0$'s on a nucleus relative to deuterium, which is sensitive to $\rho A$ interaction, was studied as function of the coherence length ($l_c$), a lifetime of the hadronic fluctuation of the virtual photon, and the four-momentum transfer squared ($Q^2$). While the transparency for both $^{12}$C and $^{56}$Fe showed no $l_c$ dependence, a significant $Q^2$ dependence was measured, which is consistent with calculations that included the color transparency effects.
Comment: 6 pages and 4 figures