Short-range correlations in nuclei
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| author | Hen, Or Szumila-Vance, Holly Weinstein, Lawrence |
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| contents | Atomic nuclei are held together by the strong nuclear force acting between protons and neutrons (nucleons). While the long range, averaged part of this force is well described by the nuclear shell model, the short-range and tensor components create a fascinating substructure: pairs of nucleons that momentarily approach each other very closely, acquiring large relative momenta. These short-range correlated (SRC) pairs account for roughly 20% of all nucleons in any nucleus and almost all of the high momentum nucleons. This chapter provides an introduction to SRC pairs: their origin in the nucleon-nucleon tensor force, the experimental methods used to study them, principally deep inelastic and quasielastic electron and proton scattering, and the comprehensive picture that has emerged over the past three decades. |
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| spellingShingle | Short-range correlations in nuclei Hen, Or Szumila-Vance, Holly Weinstein, Lawrence Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory Atomic nuclei are held together by the strong nuclear force acting between protons and neutrons (nucleons). While the long range, averaged part of this force is well described by the nuclear shell model, the short-range and tensor components create a fascinating substructure: pairs of nucleons that momentarily approach each other very closely, acquiring large relative momenta. These short-range correlated (SRC) pairs account for roughly 20% of all nucleons in any nucleus and almost all of the high momentum nucleons. This chapter provides an introduction to SRC pairs: their origin in the nucleon-nucleon tensor force, the experimental methods used to study them, principally deep inelastic and quasielastic electron and proton scattering, and the comprehensive picture that has emerged over the past three decades. |
| title | Short-range correlations in nuclei |
| topic | Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12626 |