Calculations in the impulse approximation indicate that radiative Bhabha scattering at BESIII could produce tens of thousands of γn → π⁻p events on deuteron and beryllium targets, enabling precise neutron momentum distribution measurements.
New Properties of High Momentum Distribution of Nucleons in Asymmetric Nuclei
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Based on the recent experimental observations of the dominance of tensor interaction in the ~250-600~MeV/c momentum range of nucleons in nuclei, the existence of two new properties for high-momentum distribution of nucleons in asymmetric nuclei is suggested. The first property is the approximate scaling relation between proton and neutron high-momentum distributions weighted by their relative fractions in the nucleus. The second property is the inverse proportionality of the strength of the high-momentum distribution of protons and neutrons to the same relative fractions. Based on these two properties the high-momentum distribution function for asymmetric nuclei has been modeled and demonstrated that it describes reasonably well the high-momentum characteristics of light nuclei. However, the most surprising result is obtained for neutron rich nuclei with large A, for which a substantial relative abundance of high-momentum protons as compared to neutrons is predicted. For example, the model predicts that in Au the relative fraction of protons with momenta above $k_{F} \sim 260$~MeV/c is 50% more than that of neutrons. Such a situation may have many implications for different observations in nuclear physics related to the properties of a proton in neutron rich nuclei.
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Short-range correlated pairs account for roughly 20% of nucleons in any nucleus and nearly all high-momentum nucleons, originating from the nucleon-nucleon tensor force.
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Exploring the neutron momentum distribution in nuclei through $\gamma n \to \pi^- p$ at an electron-positron collider
Calculations in the impulse approximation indicate that radiative Bhabha scattering at BESIII could produce tens of thousands of γn → π⁻p events on deuteron and beryllium targets, enabling precise neutron momentum distribution measurements.
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Short-range correlations in nuclei
Short-range correlated pairs account for roughly 20% of nucleons in any nucleus and nearly all high-momentum nucleons, originating from the nucleon-nucleon tensor force.