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Electron-Induced Breakup of 3He: Past Achievements, Ongoing Efforts, and a Wish List

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The 3He nucleus is a calculable nuclear system (Carlson and Schiavilla in Rev Mod Phys 70:743, 1998) for which our theoretical understanding can be compared with data to an increasingly accurate degree. In turn, the theory faces extensive precise data sets from a series of experiments. Two laboratories are leading the way: MAMI/A1 and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF). This paper reviews some of the outstanding current experimental efforts with (polarized or unpolarized) electron scattering on (polarized or unpolarized) 3He targets in these laboratories.

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Širca, S. Electron-Induced Breakup of 3He: Past Achievements, Ongoing Efforts, and a Wish List. Few-Body Syst 47, 39–47 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-009-0066-z

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