Covariant relativistic separable kernel approach for electrodisintegration of the deuteron at high momentum transfer

TL;DR

This paper develops a covariant Bethe-Salpeter model with a separable kernel to analyze deuteron electrodisintegration at high momentum transfer, comparing results with experimental data and exploring nucleon form factors.

Contribution

It introduces a covariant relativistic approach using a separable kernel for the nucleon-nucleon interaction in deuteron electrodisintegration analysis.

Findings

Results agree with experimental data at high momentum transfer.

Nucleon electromagnetic form factors significantly influence the cross sections.

The model provides a consistent relativistic framework for the process.

Abstract

The paper considers the electrodisintegration of the deuteron for kinematic conditions of the JLab experiment E-94-019. The calculations have been performed within the covariant Bethe-Salpeter approach with a separable kernel of nucleon-nucleon interactions. The results have been obtained using the relativistic plane wave impulse approximation and compared with experimental data and other models. The influence of nucleon electromagnetic form factors has been investigated.