Evidence for the Onset of Color Transparency in $\rho^0$ Electroproduction off Nuclei
L. El Fassi, L. Zana, K. Hafidi, M. Holtrop, B. Mustapha, W. K., Brooks, H. Hakobyan, X. Zheng, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, M. Aghasyan, M., J. Amaryan, M. Anghinolfi, J. Arrington, H. Avakian, H. Baghdasaryan, M., Battaglieri, V. Batourine, I. Bedlinskiy, A. S. Biselli

TL;DR
This study measured nuclear transparency in rho0 electroproduction off nuclei, finding a significant Q^2 dependence consistent with the onset of color transparency, while coherence length showed no effect.
Contribution
First experimental evidence showing the onset of color transparency in rho0 electroproduction at high Q^2 values.
Findings
Nuclear transparency increases with Q^2, indicating color transparency effects.
No dependence of transparency on coherence length was observed.
Results agree with theoretical models including color transparency.
Abstract
We have measured the nuclear transparency of the incoherent diffractive process in C and Fe targets relative to H using a 5 GeV electron beam. The nuclear transparency, the ratio of the produced 's on a nucleus relative to deuterium, which is sensitive to interaction, was studied as function of the coherence length (), a lifetime of the hadronic fluctuation of the virtual photon, and the four-momentum transfer squared (). While the transparency for both C and Fe showed no dependence, a significant dependence was measured, which is consistent with calculations that included the color transparency effects.
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