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通过比较 $^3$He(e,e'p)d 和 $^3$H(e,e'p)X 测量寻找束缚双中子

Search for a bound di-neutron by comparing $^3$He(e,e'p)d and $^3$H(e,e'p)X measurements

D. Nguyen, C. Neuburger, R. Cruz-Torres, A. Schmidt, D. W. Higinbotham, J. Kahlbow, P. Monaghan, E. Piasetzky, O. Hen

AI总结:

本研究在相同大动量转移运动学下比较 $^3$He 与 $^3$H 的 $(e,e'p)$ 反应,未发现类似氘核结合能的束缚双中子信号,并给出95%置信水平截面排除限。

摘要:

我们报告了一项通过比较电子诱导的氦-3($^3$He)和氚($^3$H)质子敲出 $(e,e'p)$ 测量来寻找束缚双中子的研究。测量在 Jefferson Lab Hall A 进行,使用 4.326 GeV 电子束,运动学条件为大动量转移 $Q^2 \approx 1.9$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$ 且 $x_B>1$,以最大限度地减少非准弹性(QE)反应机制的贡献。通过分析测得的 $^3$He 缺失质量($M_{miss}$)和缺失能量($E_{miss}$)分布,我们可以区分两体破裂反应,其中剩余的质子-中子系统保持束缚并形成氘核。在 $^3$H 镜像情形下,在完全相同的运动学条件下,我们没有识别出具有与氘核相似结合能的束缚双中子的特征信号。我们计算了作为双中子结合能函数的排除限,并发现在结合能与氘核相当时,在95%置信水平下,所测运动学中 $^3$H 上的两体破裂截面小于 $^3$He 上截面的0.9%。

英文摘要:

We report on a search for a bound di-neutron by comparing electron-induced proton-knockout $(e,e'p)$ measurements from Helium-3 ($^3$He) and Tritium ($^3$H). The measurements were performed at Jefferson Lab Hall A with a 4.326 GeV electron beam, and kinematics of large momentum transfer $Q^2 \approx 1.9$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$ and $x_B>1$, to minimize contributions from non quasi-elastic (QE) reaction mechanisms. Analyzing the measured $^3$He missing mass ($M_{miss}$) and missing energy ($E_{miss}$) distributions, we can distinguish the two-body break-up reaction, in which the residual proton-neutron system remains bound as a deuteron. In the $^3$H mirror case, under the exact same kinematic conditions, we do not identify a signature for a bound di-neutron with similar binding energy to that of the deuteron. We calculate exclusion limits as a function of the di-neutron binding energy and find that, for binding equivalent to the deuteron, the two-body break-up cross section on $^3$H is less than 0.9% of that on $^3$He in the measured kinematics at the 95% confidence level.

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