3He spin-dependent cross sections and sum rules

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Jul 11;101(2):022303. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.022303. Epub 2008 Jul 11.

Abstract

We present a measurement of the spin-dependent cross sections for the 3He over -->(e over -->,e')X reaction in the quasielastic and resonance regions at a four-momentum transfer 0.1< or =Q2< or =0.9 GeV2. The spin-structure functions have been extracted and used to evaluate the nuclear Burkhardt-Cottingham and extended Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rules for the first time. The data are also compared to an impulse approximation calculation and an exact three-body Faddeev calculation in the quasielastic region.