Application of Sum Rules to Electron-Deuteron Scattering

Abstract

A measurement of elastic and inelastic electron-deuteron scattering has been made at a momentum transfer of 206 Mev/c and an electron energy of 175 Mev for comparison with the Drell-Schwartz sum rules. The measured value of the non-energy-weighted sum rule is in good agreement with theory. The experimental result for the energy weighted sum rule is 30% larger than the value given for a pure Wigner potential and is consistent with a Rosenfeld two-body interaction if the analysis is restricted to central forces. The analysis is extended to include tensor forces for comparison with the prediction of the Gartenhaus potential. It is found that the gauge terms introduce major ambiguities when tensor forces are included.