Measurement of Target and Double-spin Asymmetries for the $\vec{e}\vec{p}\to e\ddot{I}{€}^{+}(n)$ Reaction in the Nucleon Resonance Region at Low $Q^2$

Abstract

We report measurements of target- and double-spin asymmetries for the exclusive channel $\vec{e}\vec{p}\to e\ddot{I}{€}^{+}(n)$ in the nucleon resonance region at Jefferson Lab using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). These asymmetries were extracted from data obtained using a longitudinally polarized NH${}_3$ target and a longitudinally polarized electron beam with energies 1.1, 1.3, 2.0, 2.3 and 3.0 GeV. The new results are consistent with previous CLAS publications but are extended to a low $Q^2$ range from $0.0065$ to $0.35$ (GeV$/c$)${}^2$. The $Q^2$ access was made possible by a custom-built Cherenkov detector that allowed the detection of electrons for scattering angles as low as $6^{\circ }$. These results are compared with the unitary isobar models JANR and MAID, the partial-wave analysis prediction from SAID and the dynamic model DMT. In many kinematic regions our results, in particular results on the target asymmetry, help to constrain the polarization-dependent components of these models.

20 pages, 15 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. C