Precise measurement of the nuclear dependence of the EMC effect in light nuclei

Author

Abishek Karki, Mississippi State UniversityFollow
Abishek KarkiFollow

ORCID

https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-2646

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Dutta, Dipangkar

Committee Member

Gaskell, Dave

Committee Member

El Fasi, Lamia

Committee Member

Winger, Jeff A.

Committee Member

Crider, Ben P.

Date of Degree

12-9-2022

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

Major

Nuclear Physics

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

Measurements of inclusive electron scattering cross-section ratios from light nuclei over a wide range of the Björken �� (0.3 < �� < 1) up to �� 2 = 8.3 GeV² were made as part of experiment E10-10-008, which was conducted in Hall C at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The measurements were performed using a beam energy of 10.602 GeV and an average beam current of 45 ��A. This dissertation provides a thorough description of the experiment as well as the extracted ratios of inclusive nuclear cross-sections with respect to the deuterium cross-sections (the EMC effect) for the targets ⁹ Be, ¹² C, ¹⁰ B, and ¹¹ B. The nuclear dependence of the inclusive inelastic electron scattering cross-section has been measured for the first time in ¹⁰ B and ¹¹ B.

Recommended Citation

Karki, Abishek and Karki, Abishek, "Precise measurement of the nuclear dependence of the EMC effect in light nuclei" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 5640.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5640