Opportunities with Drell-Yan scattering: Probing the sea quark distributions of the proton
Journal Article
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
The Drell-Yan mechanism offers a unique, selective probe of antiquarks in the nucleon. Fermilab E866 used this to explore the origins of the nucleon sea by measuring the ratio of d-bar(x)/u-bar(x) in the proton and by Fermilab E772 to look for the effects of nuclear pions. Both experiments yielded very surprising results. Fermilab has approved a new Drell-Yan experiment, E906, that will investigate both of these results with significantly better resolution and kinematic reach.
- OSTI ID:
- 20873316
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 842; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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