RECENT RESULTS ON HIGH RESOLUTION HYPERNUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY BY ELECTROPRODUCTION AT JEFFERSON LAB, HALL A
The first “systematic” study of 1 p shell hypernuclei with electromagnetic probes has started in Hall A at Jefferson Lab 5. The aim is to perform hypernuclear high resolution spectroscopy by the electroproduction of strangeness on four 1p-shell targets: 12C, 9Be, 16O, 7Li. The first part of the experiment on 12C and 9Be has been performed in 2004, the second part (16O and 7Li) is scheduled for June 2005. To overcome the major experimental difficulties, namely the low counting rate and the challenging Particle IDentification (PID), two septum magnets and a Ring Imaging CHerenkov (RICH) detector had to be added to the existing apparatus. After underlining the particular role the electroproduction reaction plays in hypernuclear physics we describe the challenging modifications of the Hall A apparatus. Preliminary results on 12C and 9Be are presented.
