Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1995-02-27
Phys.Rev. D52 (1995) 1433-1444
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Discussion of target mass corrections is added. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.52.1433
We show that parton confinement in the final state generates large $1/Q^2$ corrections to Bjorken scaling, thus leaving less room for the logarithmic corrections. In particular, the $x$-scaling violations at large $x$ are entirely described in terms of power corrections. For treatment of these non-perturbative effects, we derive a new expansion in powers of $1/Q^2$ for the structure function that is free of infra-red singularities and which reduces corrections to the leading term. The leading term represents scattering from an off-mass-shell parton, which keeps the same virtual mass in the final state. It is found that this quasi-free term is a function of a new variable $\bar x$, which coincides with the Bjorken variable $x$ for $Q^2\to\infty$. The two variables are very different, however, at finite $Q^2$. In particular, the variable $\bar x$ depends on the invariant mass of the spectator particles. Analysis of the data at large $x$ shows excellent scaling in the variable $\bar x$, and determines the value of the diquark mass to be close to zero. $\bar x$-scaling allows us to extract the structure function near the elastic threshold. It is found to behave as $F_2\sim (1-x)^{3.7}$. Predictions for the structure functions based on $\bar x$-scaling are made.
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