Proton-neutron and proton-proton correlations in medium-weight nuclei and the role of the tensor force.

A detailed analysis of the effect of short-range and tensor correlations on one- and two-nucleon momentum distributions of medium-weight nuclei (12

3He spin-dependent cross sections and sum rules.

We present a measurement of the spin-dependent cross sections for the 3He over -->(e over -->,e')X reaction in the quasielastic and resonance regions at a four-momentum transfer 0.1< or =Q2< or =0.9 GeV2. The spin-structure functions have been extracted and used to evaluate the nuclear Burkhardt-Cottingham and extended Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rules for the first time. The data are also compared to an impulse approximation calculation and an exact three-body Faddeev calculation in the quasielastic region.

Interpretation of the processes 3He(e,e'p)2H and 3He(e,e'p)(pn) at high missing momenta.

Using realistic three-body wave functions corresponding to the AV18 interaction, it is shown that the effects of the final state interaction in the exclusive processes 3He(e,e'p)2H and 3He(e,e'p)(pn), can be successfully treated in terms of a generalized eikonal approximation based upon the direct calculation of the Feynman diagrams describing the rescattering of the struck nucleon. The relevant role played by the double rescattering contribution at high values of the missing momentum is illustrated.