https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2008-10763-6
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Parity-violating effects in elastic electron deuteron scattering
1
Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, Aligarh, India
2
Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099, Mainz, Germany
Received:
13
August
2008
Revised:
20
March
2009
Accepted:
23
March
2009
Published online:
29
April
2009
The general expressions for parity violation observables in elastic scattering of polarized and/or unpolarized electrons from unpolarized deuterons are given and are numerically evaluated for the kinematics of SAMPLE, PVA4 and G0 experiments. The dominant contribution from the interference of 
and Z exchange as well as the smaller contributions from strangeness (s
components of the nucleon, parity odd admixtures in the deuteron wave function, anapole moments and radiative corrections are included and discussed in the context of parity-violating electron scattering experiments of present interest.
PACS: 11.30.Er Charge conjugation, parity, time reversal, and other discrete symmetries – / 13.60.-r Photon and charged-lepton interactions with hadrons – / 24.80.+y Nuclear tests of fundamental interactions and symmetries – / 25.30.Bf Elastic electron scattering –
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