Light Front Wavefunction in Quasi-Elastic Electron Deuteron Scattering

Recent interest in short range correlations of bound nucleons gave rise to our interest in the light front treatement of quasi-elastic electron deuteron scattering. The end goal of this research project is to examine the difference in cross sections between tensor polarized and unpolarized deuteron. This paper explores the simple case of scalar electron-deuteron scattering to determine whether the kinematic approximation given in the section II is appropriate for handling this system or if higher order corrections must be made. A conclusion is not met here but discussion of further research to continue this investigation is provided.