Electron-induced neutron knockout from 4He

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Oct 21;89(17):172501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.172501. Epub 2002 Oct 3.

Abstract

The differential cross section for electron-induced neutron knockout in the reaction 4He(e,e(')n)(3)He has been measured for the first time with a statistical accuracy of 11%. The experiment was performed in quasielastic kinematics at a momentum transfer of 300 MeV/c and in the missing-momentum range of 25-70 MeV/c. The comparison of the data with theoretical calculations shows an impressive increase of the cross section resulting from final state interaction effects. Specifically, the p-n charge-exchange process dominates the cross section in this kinematical regime.