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Title: New measurements of the EMC effect in few-body nuclei.

Abstract

Measurements of the EMC effect show that the quark distributions in nuclei are not simply the sum of the quark distributions of the constituent nucleons. However, interpretation of the EMC effect is limited by the lack of a reliable baseline calculation of the effects of Fermi motion and nuclean binding. We present preliminary results from JLab experiment E03-103, a precise measurement of the EMC effect in few-body and heavy nuclei. These data emphasize the large-xregion, where binding and Fermi motion effects dominate, and thus will provide much better constraints an the effects of binding. These data will also allow for comparisons to calculations far few-body nuclei, where the uncertainty in the nuclear structure is minimized.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
971454
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-58334
TRN: US1001202
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.; Journal Volume: 69; Journal Issue: 2007; Conference: 2nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Hadron Physics; Oct. 22, 2006 - Oct. 24, 2006; Nashville, TN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; EMC EFFECT; HADRONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; PHYSICS; QUARKS

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Arrington, J., and Physics. New measurements of the EMC effect in few-body nuclei.. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/69/1/012024.
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Arrington, J., & Physics. New measurements of the EMC effect in few-body nuclei.. United States. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/69/1/012024.
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Arrington, J., and Physics. Mon . "New measurements of the EMC effect in few-body nuclei.". United States. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/69/1/012024.
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@article{osti_971454,
title = {New measurements of the EMC effect in few-body nuclei.},
author = {Arrington, J. and Physics},
abstractNote = {Measurements of the EMC effect show that the quark distributions in nuclei are not simply the sum of the quark distributions of the constituent nucleons. However, interpretation of the EMC effect is limited by the lack of a reliable baseline calculation of the effects of Fermi motion and nuclean binding. We present preliminary results from JLab experiment E03-103, a precise measurement of the EMC effect in few-body and heavy nuclei. These data emphasize the large-xregion, where binding and Fermi motion effects dominate, and thus will provide much better constraints an the effects of binding. These data will also allow for comparisons to calculations far few-body nuclei, where the uncertainty in the nuclear structure is minimized.},
doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/69/1/012024},
journal = {J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.},
number = 2007,
volume = 69,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1088/1742-6596/69/1/012024
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