Nearthreshold Large $Q^2$ Electroproduction off Polarized Deuteron

Abstract

The exclusive and inclusive electroproduction off the polarized deuteron is considered at large $Q^2$ and $x \ge 0.5$. It is shown that the use of a polarized target will allow to emphasize smaller than average internucleon distances in the deuteron. As a result, we expect amplification of all the effects (color transparency, relativistic dynamics, etc.) sensitive to small internucleon distances. Numerical estimates are given for the processes $e+ \vec d \rightarrow e +p+n$ and $e+ \vec d \rightarrow e +X$.

4 pages, LaTeX, 4 Postscript figures included using epsfig.sty. To appear in the conference proceedings of the Workshop "Future Physics at HERA"