The Charge Form Factor of the Neutron from the Reaction \pol{2H}(\pol{e},e'n)p
I. Passchier, R. Alarcon, Th. S. Bauer, D. Boersma, J. F. J. van den Brand, L. D. van Buuren, H. J. Bulten, M. Ferro-Luzzi, P. Heimberg, D. W. Higinbotham, C. W. de Jager, S. Klous, H. Kolster, J. Lang, B. L. Militsyn, D. Nikolenko, G. J. L. Nooren, B. E. Norum, H. R. Poolman, I. Rachek, M. C. Simani, E. Six, D. Szczerba, H. de Vries, K. Wang
Abstract
We report on the first measurement of spin-correlation parameters in quasifree electron scattering from vector-polarized deuterium. Polarized electrons were injected into an electron storage ring at a beam energy of 720~MeV. A Siberian snake was employed to preserve longitudinal polarization at the interaction point. Vector-polarized deuterium was produced by an atomic beam source and injected into an open-ended cylindrical cell, internal to the electron storage ring. The spin correlation parameter A^V_{ed} was measured for the reaction \pol{2H}(\pol{e},e'n)p at a four-momentum transfer squared of 0.21 (GeV/c)^2 from which a value for the charge form factor of the neutron was extracted.