Manifestation of one- and two-body currents in longitudinal and transverse response functions of the 12C nucleus at q = 300 MeV/c

TL;DR

This paper compares experimental and theoretical response functions of the 12C nucleus at 300 MeV/c, highlighting the roles of one- and two-body currents in the nuclear dynamics.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the impact of one- and two-body currents on the response functions of 12C at a specific momentum transfer.

Findings

Experimental response functions obtained at q=300 MeV/c

Theoretical calculations including all nucleons and current types

Two-body currents significantly influence the response functions

Abstract

The experimental values of longitudinal and transverse response functions of the 12C nucleus have been obtained at the 3-momentum transfer q = 300 MeV/c. The data are compared with the calculations made with due regard to the dynamics of all the nucleons constituting the 12C nucleus, and also, to the contributions of both the one-body currents only, and their combination with two-body currents.