Exclusive processH2(e,e’p)N*as a tool for investigation of the quark structure of the deuteron

The exclusive ${}_{}{}^2{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}$(e,e’p)${\mathit{N}}^{\mathrm{*}}$ process at CEBAF energies, with the missing mass coincidence technique, offers the opportunity to reveal the baryon-baryon (BB) composition of the deuteron and to reconstruct the deuteron six-quark wave function. As an example, we project out two different kinds of currently discussed six-quark functions into various BB channels including such baryons as n, p, Δ, N(1440), N(1520), and N(1535). Spectroscopic factors and momentum distributions are calculated using the nonrelativistic quark model. The results are that the ΔΔ component in the deuteron is almost entirely connected with the six-quark configuration ${\mathit{s}}^6$ while the channels with N(1440), N(1520), and N(1535) display the configuration ${\mathit{s}}^4$ ${\mathit{p}}^2$.