@article{363d078ec4b44c108970306a00159920,
title = "Toward observation of three-nucleon short-range correlations in high- Q2 A(e,e′)X reactions",
abstract = "We present a detailed study of the kinematical and dynamical conditions necessary for probing highly elusive three-nucleon short-range correlations (3N-SRCs) in nuclei through inclusive electron scattering. The kinematic requirements that should be satisfied in order to isolate 3N-SRCs in inclusive processes are derived. We demonstrate that a sequence of two short-range NN interactions is the main mechanism for 3N-SRCs in such processes. With this mechanism we predict a quadratic dependence of the cross section ratios of nuclei to He3 in the 3N-SRC region to the same ratio measured in the 2N-SRC domain. An extended analysis of the available data which satisfies the required 3N-SRC kinematical conditions is presented. This analysis reveals tantalizing signatures of the scaling associated with the onset of 3N-SRC dominance. The same data are also consistent with the prediction of the quadratic relation between the ratios measured in the 3N- and 2N-SRC regions for nuclei ranging 4≤A≤197. This agreement made it possible to extract a3(A), the probability of 3N-SRCs relative to the A=3 nucleus. We find a3(A) to be significantly larger in magnitude than the analogous parameter, a2(A), for 2N-SRCs.",
author = "Day, \{Donal B.\} and Frankfurt, \{Leonid L.\} and Sargsian, \{Misak M.\} and Strikman, \{Mark I.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 American Physical Society. ",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevC.107.014319",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "107",
journal = "Physical Review C",
issn = "2469-9985",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "1",
}