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GEp-III <strong>and</strong> GEp-2 at Jefferson Lab<br />
<strong>IPN</strong>O Participation: L. Bimbot <strong>and</strong> E.Tomasi-Gustafsson<br />
Collaboration: Christopher Newport University, College William & Mary, Norfolk State University, Jefferson<br />
Lab., Argonne National Laboratory, California State University at Los Angeles, DAPNIA Saclay,<br />
Florida State University, IHEP Protvino, INFN-ISS, <strong>IPN</strong>O, Kent State University, LHE JINR Dubna,<br />
M.I.T., Northwestern University, Old Dominion University, Rutgers University, University of Maryl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
University of New Hampshire, Universiy of Regina.<br />
L’étude des facteurs de forme électrique (GEp) et magnétique (GMp) du proton par la mesure de la polarisation<br />
du proton de recul dans une diffusion élastique d’électrons polarisés s’est révélée mieux adaptée à<br />
leur détermination que la méthode de séparation de Rosenbluth. Des expériences faites dans le hall A de<br />
Jefferson Lab (JLab) ont mis en évidence une décroissance continue de GEp qu<strong>and</strong> Q 2 augmente. De nouvelles<br />
expériences dans le hall C ont permis d’étendre les mesures du rapport GEp/GMp [GEp-III] jusqu’à<br />
8,49 (GeV/c) 2 et de valider la méthode qui est basée sur le mécanisme d'échange d'un photon. L'expérience<br />
[GEp-2 ] a montré que le rapport des facteurs de forme du proton GEp/GMp est constant en fonction de<br />
(polarisation linéaire du photon virtuel) et donc de réfuter un rôle éventuel d’un processus à deux photons.<br />
Figure. 1 Experimental results from Rosenbluth<br />
separation (red) <strong>and</strong> recoil polarisations (blue).<br />
When CEBAF started to deliver intense beam of<br />
electrons it was possible to consider measuring<br />
polarisation of the exit particles by means of a second<br />
scattering. The hall A was first equipped with<br />
a polarimeter for proton placed at the focal plane of<br />
one the two identical spectrometers. This made<br />
possible the use of the polarisation of the recoiled<br />
proton from electron elastic scattering on hydrogen<br />
to determine precisely the ratio of the electric to<br />
magnetic form factor of the proton [1]. From the<br />
theoretical formalism, this ratio is directly proportional<br />
to the measured polarisations:<br />
Due to precession in the magnet the transverse<br />
<strong>and</strong> longitudinal polarisations, P t <strong>and</strong> P l are measured<br />
simultaneously. In the formula E e <strong>and</strong> E’ e are<br />
the electron energies before <strong>and</strong> after scattering, e<br />
is the electron scattering angle <strong>and</strong> M is the proton<br />
mass. Before these measurements, this ratio was<br />
supposed to be constant, this assumption being<br />
consistent with the measurements using the Rosenbluth<br />
separation method: see results in Fig. 1.<br />
The results obtained with the recoil polarisation<br />
method are shown in blue on the same figure <strong>and</strong><br />
present a different behaviour: a continous decreasing<br />
of GEp for increasing Q 2 up to 6 (GeV/c) 2. .<br />
This puzzling observation has been confirmed by 2<br />
sets of measurements perfectly overlapping. The<br />
results of these specific measurements are presented<br />
separateley, with a linear scale in Q 2 in Figure<br />
2, together with the expected error bars for<br />
the measurements to come, in red for the present<br />
experiment <strong>and</strong> in black for the submitted experiment<br />
to be run after the upgrade of JLab at 12<br />
GeV.<br />
Since fall 2007 a new setup is being used to implement<br />
the results obtained using the recoil polarisation,<br />
in the hall C at JLab. The focal plane polari-<br />
Figure 2. Results from recoil polarisation method:<br />
previous data (black full square), this experiment<br />
(red open circle) <strong>and</strong> expected measurement at<br />
JLab 12 GeV with the new spectrometer SHMS in<br />
hall C (open symbols).<br />
meter is completely new <strong>and</strong> is working in two stages<br />
with additionnal tracking chambers placed<br />
between two analyzer blocks to improve the factor<br />
of merit of proton polarization determination at higher<br />
energies. The electron is detected in coincidence<br />
in a lead glass calorimeter.<br />
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