[en] We have measured the proton recoil polarization in the ⁴He(polarized-e, e-prime, p)³H reaction at Q² = 0.5, 1.0, 1.6, and 2.6 (GeV/c)². The measured ratio of polarization transfer coefficients differs from a fully relativistic calculation, favoring the inclusion of a predicted medium modification of the proton form factors based on a quark-meson coupling model. In contrast, the measured induced polarizations agree reasonably well with the fully relativistic calculation indicating that the treatment of final-state interactions is under control

[en] The first complete measurements of the angular distributions of the two-body deuteron photodisintegration differential cross section at photon energies above 1.6 GeV were performed at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The results show a persistent forward-backward asymmetry up to Egamma = 2.4 GeV, the highest-energy measured in this experiment. The Hard Rescattering and the Quark-Gluon string models are in fair agreement with the results

[en] We have measured the spin structure functions g₁ and g₂ of ³He in a double-spin experiment by inclusively scattering polarized electrons at energies ranging from 0.862 to 5.07 GeV off a polarized ³He target at a 15.5^o scattering angle. Excitation energies covered the resonance and the onset of the deep inelastic regions. We have determined for the first time the Q² evolution of Γ₁(Q²)=/int₀¹ g₁(x,Q²) dx, Γ₂(Q²)=/int₀¹ g₂(x,Q²) dx and d₂ (Q²) = /int₀¹ x ²[2g₁(x,Q²) + 3g₂(x,Q²)] dx for the neutron in the range 0.1 GeV² /leq Q² /leq 0.9 GeV² with good precision. Γ₁(Q²) displays a smooth variation from high to low Q². The Burkhardt-Cottingham sum rule holds within uncertainties and d₂ is non-zero over the measured range