[Clascomment] OPT-IN: New scaling measurements map the transition from single-particle to correlated-pair dominance in atomic nuclei

[Mikhail Osipenko]

Dear Colleagues,

first of all my compliments for these new and very interesting findings.

The paper is well written, but I have one conceptual question:

I remember that the very first observation of scaling "stair steps" in inclusive (e,e') ratios at x>1 were explained by the elastic scattering of 2 and 3 nucleons bound in a SRC. Here you show that also (e,e'p) ratios exhibit (probably the same, at least in value) scaling in x. However, detecting "p" you require it to go along virtual photon. Also the large p_miss-q angles suggest scattering on a single "p". But elastic scattering off a 2N SRC and elastic scattering of a "p" in 2N SRC are two very different reactions. Does this new interpretation contradict to the inclusive one?

Best Regards,
                 Mikhail.