Quasielastic 3He→(e→,e′) asymmetry in the threshold region with a longitudinally polarized target
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Nycz, M, Armstrong, W, Averett, T et al. (2026). Quasielastic 3He→(e→,e′) asymmetry in the threshold region with a longitudinally polarized target
. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 880 10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140742
Nycz, M, Armstrong, W, Averett, T et al. (2026). Quasielastic 3He→(e→,e′) asymmetry in the threshold region with a longitudinally polarized target
. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 880 10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140742
We report on the measurements of the double-spin asymmetry from electron-3He scattering in the threshold region of two- and three-body breakup of 3He for 4-momentum transfer values of 0.1 and 0.2 (GeV/ c)2. The measurement was done at Jefferson Lab using a polarized 3He target with its spin aligned parallel to the beam direction. This asymmetry is sensitive to a combination of spin-dependent response functions not previously measured and may highlight differences in two body forces, meson-exchange currents and final-state interactions. The results of this measurement serve as a test of our understanding of few-body systems. When compared with calculations from plane wave impulse approximation and Faddeev calculations, we found that the latter, which use modern nuclear potentials and prescriptions for meson-exchange currents, demonstrate an overall good agreement with data.