Deep Inelastic Scattering from Arbitrary Spin Targets
Nov, 198831 pages
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- Nucl.Phys.B 321 (1989) 343
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- Published: 1989
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- MIT-CTP-1640
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We analyze inclusive inelastic lepton scattering from polarized targets of arbitrary spin, J . We express the cross-section and lepton spin asymmetry in terms of Lorentz invariant structure functions. In the Bjorken limit all information about the target is summarized by a set of 2 J + 1 quark distribution functions (for each flavor of quark and antiquark) which evolve logarithmically with Q 2 in a manner prescribed by QCD. We present both parton model and operator product expansion analyses. For nuclear targets we present the predictions for these structure functions based on a convolution model in which nuclei are composed only of bound protons and neutrons. Specific examples are worked out in detail.- talk
- lepton nucleon: deep inelastic scattering
- deep inelastic scattering: lepton nucleon
- lepton nucleus: deep inelastic scattering
- deep inelastic scattering: lepton nucleus
- lepton nucleus: inclusive reaction
- nucleon: polarized target
- polarized target: nucleon
- channel cross section
- lepton: spin
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