Quasifree ({ital e},thinsp{ital e}{sup {prime} }{ital p}) Reactions and Proton Propagation in Nuclei

The (e,thinspe{sup {prime}}p ) reaction was studied on targets of C, Fe, and Au at momentum transfers squared Q{sup 2} of 0.6, 1.3, 1.8, and 3.3 GeV{sup 2} in a region of kinematics dominated by quasifree electron-proton scattering. Missing energy and missing momentum distributions are reasonably well described by plane wave impulse approximation calculations with Q{sup 2} and A dependent corrections that measure the attenuation of the final state protons. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}