Electroexcitation of theΔresonance in the (e,e’p) reaction

Abstract
The C12(e,e’p) reaction at the delta resonance has been measured for protons detected parallel to the momentum transfer at two kinematical situations: at the maximum and the low-energy-loss side of the peak. The cross section was measured for missing energies up to 320 and 220 MeV, respectively. In the missing energy spectrum two distinct structures are observed, which correspond to multinucleon knockout and quasifree pion production processes. In addition, there is a remnant of the quasifree knockout process.