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New hints to the cause of the EMC effect

Conference · · AIP Conf. Proc.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3700511· OSTI ID:1038759

Deep-inelastic scattering cross section ratios plotted as a function of Bjorken x show that quark structure in nuclei is different than in free nucleons. Recent EMC type data from Jefferson Lab's Hall C show that the slope in the 0.3 < x < 0.7 region scales as the local nuclear density and not the average nuclear density. This result led to the comparison between x > 1 short-range correlation plateaus and the magnitude of the EMC effect slope. A clear linear relation between the two effects has now been shown. In this paper, the EMC effect, the short-range correlation plateaus and a possible reason for a relationship between the two is discussed.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
1038759
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-11-1339; DOE/OR/23177-3746
Journal Information:
AIP Conf. Proc., Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 1441
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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