Searching for Flavor Dependence in Nuclear Quark Behavior

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Title: Searching for Flavor Dependence in Nuclear Quark Behavior

Abstract

The observed correlation between the EMC effect and the contribution of short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei suggests that the modification of the quark distributions of bound protons and neutrons might occur within SRCs. This raises the possibility that the EMC effect may have an isospin dependence arising from the np dominance of SRCs. We discuss previous attempts to test this possibility and perform a new analysis of existing data. We find no experimental support for the observation of an isospin dependence of the EMC effect.

Authors:

Arrington, J. ^[1]; Fomin, N. ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Physics Div.
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-07-22

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

OSTI Identifier:: 1563917

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1546485

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0013615

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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  abstractNote = {The observed correlation between the EMC effect and the contribution of short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei suggests that the modification of the quark distributions of bound protons and neutrons might occur within SRCs. This raises the possibility that the EMC effect may have an isospin dependence arising from the np dominance of SRCs. We discuss previous attempts to test this possibility and perform a new analysis of existing data. We find no experimental support for the observation of an isospin dependence of the EMC effect.},

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  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

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Tensor Forces and the Ground-State Structure of Nuclei
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High-energy phenomena, short-range nuclear structure and QCD
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