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Determination of quark-nucleon inclusive cross section from leptoproduction of hadrons in nuclear targets

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
The A dependence of hadron leptoproduction from nuclear targets is interpreted as a measurement of inclusive inelastic and possibly also quasielastic quark-nucleon cross sections. The formulas which allow us to extract these cross sections from the data are derived and discussed. Numerical estimates indicate that the measurement of the total inelastic quark-nucleon cross section is perfectly feasible. Measurement of differential inclusive cross sections of the reaction quark+nucleon ..-->.. quark+anything is possible as well but requires experiments with rather high statistics. Implications of our calculations for the process of heavy-lepton pair production from nuclear targets are also briefly discussed.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510
OSTI ID:
5459594
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 21:3; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English