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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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