Deep Inelastic Electron Scattering Off the Helium and Tritium Mirror Nuclei

Journal Article · Wed Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631525· OSTI ID:21611623

Holt, Roy J ^[1]; Petratos, Gerassimos G ^[2]

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1. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 (United States)

We discuss a possible measurement of the ratio of nucleon structure functions, F{sub 2}{sup n}/F{sub 2}{sup p}, and the ratio of up to down quark distributions, u/d, at large Bjorken x, by performing deep inelastic electron scattering from the {sup 3}H and {sup 3}He mirror nuclei with the 11 GeV upgraded beam of Jefferson Lab. The measurement is expected to be almost free of nuclear effects, which introduce a significant uncertainty in the extraction of these two ratios from deep inelastic scattering off the proton and deuteron. The results are expected to test perturbative and non-perturbative mechanisms of spin-flavor symmetry breaking in the nucleon, and constrain the structure function parametrizations needed for the interpretation of high energy collider and neutrino oscillations data. The precision of the expected data can also test models of the nuclear EMC effect and provide valuable input for its full explanation.

• OSTI ID: 21611623
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1369, Issue 1; Conference: 3. international workshop on nucleon structure at large Bjorken X, Newport News, VA (United States), 13-15 Oct 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3631525; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EMC EFFECT
FLAVOR MODEL
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NUCLEAR REACTIONS
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NUCLEON REACTIONS
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