Measurement of the beam-normal single-spin asymmetry for elastic electron scattering from C 12 and Al 27

D. Androić, D. S. Armstrong, A. Asaturyan, K. Bartlett, R. S. Beminiwattha, J. Benesch, F. Benmokhtar, J. Birchall, R. D. Carlini, M. E. Christy, J. C. Cornejo, S. Covrig Dusa, M. M. Dalton, C. A. Davis, W. Deconinck, J. F. Dowd, J. A. Dunne, D. Dutta, W. S. Duvall, M. ElaasarW. R. Falk, J. M. Finn, T. Forest, C. Gal, D. Gaskell, M. T.W. Gericke, V. M. Gray, F. Guo, J. R. Hoskins, D. C. Jones, M. Kargiantoulakis, P. M. King, E. Korkmaz, S. Kowalski, J. Leacock, J. P. Leckey, A. R. Lee, J. H. Lee, L. Lee, S. Macewan, D. Mack, J. A. Magee, R. Mahurin, J. Mammei, J. W. Martin, M. J. McHugh, D. Meekins, K. E. Mesick, R. Michaels, A. Mkrtchyan, H. Mkrtchyan, A. Narayan, L. Z. Ndukum, V. Nelyubin, Nuruzzaman, W. T.H. Van Oers, V. F. Owen, S. A. Page, J. Pan, K. D. Paschke, S. K. Phillips, M. L. Pitt, R. W. Radloff, J. F. Rajotte, W. D. Ramsay, J. Roche, B. Sawatzky, T. Seva, M. H. Shabestari, R. Silwal, N. Simicevic, G. R. Smith, P. Solvignon, D. T. Spayde, A. Subedi, R. Subedi, R. Suleiman, V. Tadevosyan, W. A. Tobias, V. Tvaskis, B. Waidyawansa, P. Wang, S. P. Wells, S. A. Wood, P. Zang, S. Zhamkochyan

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Abstract

We report measurements of the parity-conserving beam-normal single-spin elastic scattering asymmetries Bn on C12 and Al27, obtained with an electron beam polarized transverse to its momentum direction. These measurements add an additional kinematic point to a series of previous measurements of Bn on C12 and provide a first measurement on Al27. The experiment utilized the Qweak apparatus at Jefferson Lab with a beam energy of 1.158 GeV. The average laboratory scattering angle for both targets was 7.7∘, and the average Q2 for both targets was 0.024 37 GeV2 (Q=0.1561 GeV). The asymmetries are Bn=-10.68±0.90(stat)±0.57(syst) ppm for C12 and Bn=-12.16±0.58(stat)±0.62(syst) ppm for Al27. The results are consistent with theoretical predictions, and are compared to existing data. When scaled by Z/A, the Q dependence of all the far-forward angle (θ<10∘) data from H1 to Al27 can be described by the same slope out to Q≈0.35 GeV. Larger-angle data from other experiments in the same Q range are consistent with a slope about twice as steep.

Original languageEnglish
Article number014606
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume104
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes

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