Radiatively generated isospin violations in the nucleon

Jan, 2005
9 pages
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Report number:
  • DO-TH-2005-01

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Abstract:
Isospin violating valence and sea distributions are evaluated due to QED leading O(α){\cal{O}}{(\alpha)} corrections to the standard QCD evolution equations. Unique perturbative predictions are obtained within the radiative parton model, and confirm earlier results. Nonperturbative contributions have been estimated and depend on a single free parameter chosen to be the current quark mass.The relevance of our predictions for extracting sin2θW\sin^2 \theta_W from DIS ν(νˉ)N\nu(\bar{\nu})N data (`NuTeV anomaly') is discussed as well.
  • nucleon: structure function
  • quark: momentum spectrum
  • quark: valence
  • antiquark: sea
  • isospin: violation
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • quantum electrodynamics: correction
  • effect: nonperturbative
  • neutrino nucleon: deep inelastic scattering
  • antineutrino nucleon: deep inelastic scattering