Electromagnetic Nuclear Physics at Intermediate Energies

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

Investigators

Abstract

After decades of study it is safe to say that the nuclear interaction, ie. the interaction between quarks, is well understood. However the manifestations of this interaction in nuclear matter (hadrons) is only understood in the narrowest of settings. Quark confinement and the structure of hadrons remain intriguing puzzles. Our proposal will study these questions in two broad programs: 1) We have identified a few new states that do not fit into the simple pictures of hadron structure. Other states of this type will be identified and their decay properties will be measured. 2) Electron induced reactions will be used to study the proton and other baryons. Hard-scattering experiments will reveal the quark structure of these states.