Extraction of the ratio of the neutron to proton structure functions from deep inelastic scattering

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · Phys.Lett. B356 (1995) 157-162

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)00843-A· OSTI ID:756549

Liuti, S; Gross, F

The authors study the nuclear (A) dependence of the European Muon Collaboration (EMC) effect at high values of x (x {>=} 0.6). Their approach makes use of conventional nuclear degrees of freedom within the Relativistic Impulse Approximation. By performing a non-relativistic series expansion they demonstrate that relativistic corrections make a substantial contribution to the effect at x {approx_gt} 0.6$ and show that the ratio of neutron to proton structure functions extracted from a global fit to all nuclei is not inconsistent with values obtained from the deuteron.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 756549
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40150-1586; CEBAF-TH-95-06; WM-95-108; UVA-INPP-95/10; hep-ph/9506240; TRN: US0003096
• Journal Information: Phys.Lett. B356 (1995) 157-162, Other Information: Submitted to Phys.Lett. B356 (1995) 157-162; PBD: 1 Jun 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
EMC EFFECT
DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
PARTICLE STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
NEUTRONS
PROTONS
NUCLEI
DEUTERONS