Polarization observables in elastic lepton-deuteron scattering and their sensitivity to realistic NN potentials

Abstract

Polarization effects in the elastic lepton scattering on the deuteron process are studied in the one-photon-exchange Born approximation within the limit of zero mass of the lepton. Numerical estimations for the spin asymmetries with an unpolarized lepton beam and a tensor polarized target are given. The estimated results are analysed at various lepton beam energies and scattering angles. For the first time, the sensitivity of the results for tensor spin asymmetries to the choice of modern NN potential used for the deuteron wave function (DWF) is investigated. A considerable influence of the results on the realistic and modern DWFs at incident beam energies greater than 0.6 GeV and scattering angles greater than 30 $ ^\circ $ is obtained.

Keywords

• electromagnetic processes and properties
• elastic scattering
• electromagnetic form factors
• nucleon-nucleon interactions
• polarization phenomena in reactions