Extraction of the longitudinal and transverse response functions in (e, e ' p) reactions

Abstract

In this Brief Report we extract the longitudinal and transverse response functions from exclusive (e,e(')p) cross sections at fixed squared four-momentum transfer Q(2) in the quasielastic region. They are extracted in parallel kinematics by applying the Rosenbluth separation to the (e,e(')p) reactions. The distorted Coulomb effects are also taken into account on each extracted response functions. The Coulomb effects in the response functions are different from those of the corresponding cross sections.