Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Major/Program
Physics
First Advisor's Name
Misak M. Sargsian
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
John T. Landrum
Third Advisor's Name
Rajamani Narayanan
Fourth Advisor's Name
Joerg Reinhold
Fifth Advisor's Name
Mark I. Strikman
Date of Defense
2-19-2007
Abstract
The main goal of this dissertation was to study two- and three-nucleon Short Range Correlations (SRCs) in high energy three-body breakup of 3He nucleus in 3He(e, e'NN)N reaction. SRCs are characterized by quantum fluctuations in nuclei during which constituent nucleons partially overlap with each other.
A theoretical framework is developed within the Generalized Eikonal Approximation (GEA) which upgrades existing medium-energy methods that are inapplicable for high momentum and energy transfer reactions. High momentum and energy transfer is required to provide sufficient resolution for probing SRCs. GEA is a covariant theory which is formulated through the effective Feynman diagrammatic rules. It allows self-consistent calculation of single and double re-scatterings amplitudes which are present in three-body breakup processes. The calculations were carried out in detail and the analytical result for the differential cross section of 3He(e, e'NN)Nreaction was derived in a form applicable for programming and numerical calculations. The corresponding computer code has been developed and the results of computation were compared to the published experimental data, showing satisfactory agreement for a wide range of values of missing momenta.
In addition to the high energy approximation this study exploited the exclusive nature of the process under investigation to gain more information about the SRCs. The description of the exclusive 3He(e, e'NN)N reaction has been done using the formalism of the nuclear decay function, which is a practically unexplored quantity and is related to the conventional spectral function through the integration of the phase space of the recoil nucleons. Detailed investigation showed that the decay function clearly exhibits the main features of two- and three-nucleon correlations. Four highly practical types of SRCs in 3He nucleus were discussed in great detail for different orders of the final state re-interactions using the decay function as an unique identifying tool.
The overall conclusion in this dissertation suggests that the investigation of the decay function opens up a completely new venue in studies of short range nuclear properties.
Identifier
FI13101512
Recommended Citation
Abrahamyan, Tigran, "High energy three-body breakup of three-nucleon systems" (2007). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1107.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1107
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