Measurements of the Deuteron Elastic Structure Function <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="italic">A</mi><mo>(</mo><mrow><msup><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">Q</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><mo>)</mo></math></span> for <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>0.7</mn><mi>≤</mi><mspace></mspace><mrow><msup><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">Q</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><mspace></mspace><mi>≤</mi><mn>6.0</mn><mi></mi><mo>(</mo><mi>GeV</mi><mi>/</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">c</mi><mrow><msup><mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> at Jefferson Laboratory

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1374

Measurements of the Deuteron Elastic Structure Function $A (Q^{2})$ for $0.7 \leq Q^{2} \leq 6.0 (GeV / c)^{2}$ at Jefferson Laboratory

L. C. Alexa et al. (The Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1374 – Published 15 February 1999

Abstract

The deuteron elastic structure function $A (Q^{2})$ has been extracted in the range $0.7 \leq Q^{2} \leq 6.0 (GeV / c)^{2}$ from cross section measurements of elastic electron-deuteron scattering in coincidence using the Hall A Facility of Jefferson Laboratory. The data are compared to theoretical models, based on the impulse approximation with the inclusion of meson-exchange currents, and to predictions of quark dimensional scaling and perturbative quantum chromodynamics.