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| author | Wang, Wei Xu, Ji Zhang, Ya-Teng Zhou, Xiao-Rong |
| author_facet | Wang, Wei Xu, Ji Zhang, Ya-Teng Zhou, Xiao-Rong |
| contents | Short-range correlation pairs (SRCs) -- core of nuclear structure, composed of highly off-shell nucleons -- are mostly studied via electron-nucleon scattering, leaving a gap in meson-based probes. We propose probing SRC off-shell nucleons via quasielastic $π^+$-bound proton scattering ($π^+ p \to π^+ p$) at electron-positron colliders, of which the beryllium-based ($^{9}$Be) beam pipe of the BESIII experiment operating at BEPCII, addresses a key gap and enables meson-beam investigations of SRCs. We point out that off-shellness of SRC nucleons yields measurable signatures: accumulated missing energy ($\sim0.1$\,GeV), shifted proton effective mass (0.7-0.8\,GeV), and cross-section differences from free scattering or with only Fermi motion. As an estimate, we find that BESIII's high luminosity and $π^+$ yield support $\sim10^4$ scattering events, while STCF ($50\times$ higher luminosity) will greatly enhance this number. This first meson-beam SRC study at an electron-positron collider fills $^{9}$Be research gaps and advances understanding of nuclear structure core and nonperturbative QCD. |
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| spellingShingle | Probing the Core of Nuclear Structure through the $πN$ Scattering at an Electron-Positron Collider Wang, Wei Xu, Ji Zhang, Ya-Teng Zhou, Xiao-Rong High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Short-range correlation pairs (SRCs) -- core of nuclear structure, composed of highly off-shell nucleons -- are mostly studied via electron-nucleon scattering, leaving a gap in meson-based probes. We propose probing SRC off-shell nucleons via quasielastic $π^+$-bound proton scattering ($π^+ p \to π^+ p$) at electron-positron colliders, of which the beryllium-based ($^{9}$Be) beam pipe of the BESIII experiment operating at BEPCII, addresses a key gap and enables meson-beam investigations of SRCs. We point out that off-shellness of SRC nucleons yields measurable signatures: accumulated missing energy ($\sim0.1$\,GeV), shifted proton effective mass (0.7-0.8\,GeV), and cross-section differences from free scattering or with only Fermi motion. As an estimate, we find that BESIII's high luminosity and $π^+$ yield support $\sim10^4$ scattering events, while STCF ($50\times$ higher luminosity) will greatly enhance this number. This first meson-beam SRC study at an electron-positron collider fills $^{9}$Be research gaps and advances understanding of nuclear structure core and nonperturbative QCD. |
| title | Probing the Core of Nuclear Structure through the $πN$ Scattering at an Electron-Positron Collider |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12293 |