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Finite-Q{sup 2} corrections to parity-violating DIS

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. University of Chicago, 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
Parity-violating deep inelastic scattering (PVDIS) has been proposed as an important new tool to extract the flavor and isospin dependence of parton distributions in the nucleon. We discuss finite-Q{sup 2} effects in PVDIS asymmetries arising from subleading kinematical corrections and longitudinal contributions to the {gamma}Z interference. For the proton, these need to be accounted for in order to accurately extract the d/u ratio at large x; for the deuteron they are important to consider when searching for evidence of charge symmetry violation in parton distributions or signals for physics beyond the standard model. We further explore the dependence of PVDIS asymmetries for polarized targets on the u and d helicity distributions at large x.
OSTI ID:
21205086
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 77; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English