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Opportunities with Drell-Yan scattering : probing the sea quark distributions of the proton.

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OSTI ID:947969
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(x)/u(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.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
947969
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-117138
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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