Deep inelastic scattering from A=3 nuclei and the neutron structure function

Details Deep inelastic scattering from A=3 nuclei and the neutron structure function Deep inelastic scattering from A=3 nuclei and the neutron structure function

2003-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0306054v1

Phys.Rev.C68:035201,2003

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

40 pages, 12 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. C

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.68.035201

We present a comprehensive analysis of deep inelastic scattering from He-3 and H-3, focusing in particular on the extraction of the free neutron structure function, F_2^n. Nuclear corrections are shown to cancel to within 1-2% for the isospin-weighted ratio of He-3 to H-3 structure functions, which leads to more than an order of magnitude improvement in the current uncertainty on the neutron to proton ratio F_2^n/F_2^p at large x. Theoretical uncertainties originating from the nuclear wave function, including possible non-nucleonic components, are evaluated. Measurement of the He-3 and H-3 structure functions will, in addition, determine the magnitude of the EMC effect in all A < 4 nuclei.

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