Eur. Phys. J. A (2005) 24: 101-109
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2004-10115-8

Measurement of the electric form factor of the neutron at Q² = 0.3-0.8 (GeV/ c) ^{2 ⋆}

¹ Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Becherweg 45, 55099, Mainz, Germany
² Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK
³ Physikalisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
⁴ Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany
⁵ Institute “Jožef Stefan”, University of Ljubljana, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
⁶ Department of Physics, University of Zagreb, Bijenička c. 32, P.P. 331, 10002, Zagreb, Croatia

Received: 19 October 2004
Accepted: 6 December 2004
Published online: 17 January 2005

Abstract

The electric form factor of the neutron, G_E,n, has been measured at the Mainz Microtron by recoil polarimetry in the quasielastic D(¯e, e’¯n)p reaction. Three data points have been extracted at squared four-momentum transfers Q ² = 0.3, 0.6 and 0.8 (GeV/c)². Corrections for nuclear binding effects have been applied.