A Parton picture of inclusive quasielastic electron scattering off nuclei

Feb, 2000
9 pages
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  • RM3-TH-00-2

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Abstract:
A parton picture of inclusive quasi-elastic electron-nucleus scattering, where individual nucleons are treated as (non point-like) partons of the nucleus, is presented. All the necessary target-mass corrections to asymptotic scaling are evaluated and a new scaling variable is obtained. Recent inclusive data from Jefferson Lab are analyzed and shown to scale in terms of the new variable. The new approach allows to extract in a model-independent way the nucleon light-cone momentum distribution in the nucleus.
  • electron nucleus: inclusive reaction
  • electron nucleus: inelastic scattering
  • iron
  • model: parton
  • operator product expansion
  • nucleus: structure function
  • nucleon: momentum spectrum
  • light cone
  • numerical calculations
  • interpretation of experiments: Newport News CEBAF Linac