Measurements of the nucleon structure functions F2N in deep inelastic muon scattering from deuterium and comparison with those from hydrogen and iron

Aubert, J.J.; D’Agostini, G.; Payre, P.; Bassompierre, G.; Bouard, X. De; Broll, C.; Coignet, G.; Déclais, Y.; Favier, Jean; Maire, M.; Pessard, H.; Schneegans, M.; Thénard, J.M.; Urbán, L.; Becks, K. H.; Drees, J.; Edwards, A.; Hamacher, K.; Henckes, M.; Pietrzyk, U.; Stockhausen, W.; Wahlen, H.; Best, C.; Carr, J.; Clifft, R. W.; Edwards, M.; Norton, P. R.; Thompson, J.C.; Boehm, E.; Dau, W.D.; Brasse, F.W.; Flauger, W.; Gayler, J.; Gerhardt, V.; Goessling, C.; Korbel, V.; Brown, S.; Gabathuler, E.; Gamet, R.; Hayman, P.; Wimpenny, S.; Cobb, J.H.; Sloan, T.; Combley, F.; Whalley, M. R.; Williamson, J.; Davies, Joshua; Gibson, V.; Mount, R.; McNicholas, J.; Renton, P.; Williams, W. S. C.; Dobinson, R.; Dosselli, U.; Leenen, M.; Montgomery, H. E.; Osborne, A.M.; Ferrero, M. I.; Peroni, C.; Haas, J.; Landgraf, U.; Mohr, W.; Moser, K.; Rith, Klaus; Stier, H. E.

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(87)90090-3

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“…There is also a wealth of charged lepton-iron DIS data including SLAC [34] and EMC [35,36]. 6 For the present study we limit our analysis to the NuTeVexperiment alone; we will compare and contrast different experiments in a later study.…”

Section: A Iron Data Setsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nuclear parton distribution functions from neutrino deep inelastic scattering

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We study nuclear effects in charged current deep inelastic neutrino-iron scattering in the framework of a 2 analysis of parton distribution functions (PDFs). We extract a set of iron PDFs and show that under reasonable assumptions it is possible to constrain the valence, light sea, and strange quark distributions. Our iron PDFs are used to compute x Bj -dependent and Q 2 -dependent nuclear correction factors for iron structure functions which are required in global analyses of free nucleon PDFs. We compare our results with nuclear correction factors from neutrino-nucleus scattering models and correction factors for ' -iron scattering. We find that, except for very high x Bj , our correction factors differ in both shape and magnitude from the correction factors of the models and charged-lepton scattering.

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Section: A Iron Data Setsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nuclear parton distribution functions from neutrino deep inelastic scattering

et al. 2008

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“…At CERN a series of experiments was performed at muon energies between 90 and 280 GeV by the NMC collaboration (Amaudruz et al, 1992), between 120 and 280 GeV by the BCDMS collaboration (Benvenuti et al, 1990b) and at 280 GeV by the EMC collaboration (Aubert et al, 1987). In this case, the combination of very high beam energies and relatively low luminosities makes it difficult to obtain structure function data at very high ( Aubert et al, 1983Aubert et al, , 1987, NMC (Amaudruz et al, 1992;Arneodo et al, 1997a) and SLAC (Whitlow et al, 1990) …”

Section: E High Twist Effects and Target Mass Correctionsmentioning

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Nucleon and pion distribution functions in the valence region

2010

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We provide an experimental and theoretical perspective on the behavior of unpolarized distribution functions for the nucleon and pion on the valence-quark domain; namely, Bjorken-x > ∼ 0.4. This domain is key to much of hadron physics; e.g., a hadron is defined by its flavor content and that is a valence-quark property. Furthermore, its accurate parametrization is crucial to the provision of reliable input for large collider experiments. We focus on experimental extractions of distribution functions via electron and muon inelastic scattering, and from Drell-Yan interactions; and on theoretical treatments that emphasize an explanation of the distribution functions, providing an overview of major contemporary approaches and issues. Valence-quark physics is a compelling subject, which probes at the heart of our understanding of the Standard Model. There are numerous outstanding and unresolved challenges, which experiment and theory must confront. In connection with experiment, we explain that an upgraded Jefferson Lab facility is well-suited to provide new data on the nucleon, while a future electron ion collider could provide essential new data for the mesons. There is also great potential in using Drell-Yan interactions, at FNAL, J-PARC and GSI, to push into the large-x domain for both mesons and nucleons. We argue furthermore that explanation, in contrast to modeling and parametrization, requires a widespread acceptance of the need to adapt theory: to the lessons learnt already from the methods of nonperturbative quantum field theory; and a fuller exploitation of those methods. * Electronic address: holt@anl.gov † Electronic address: cdroberts@anl.gov

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“…Early experiments [56,57,58] suffered from large systematic errors and could not reach a definite conclusion, although they consistently showed a value below 1/3. More recently, the NMC collaboration reported measurement on Gottfried sum with muon DIS data in the 1990s.…”

Section: Measurement Of Flavor Asymmetry Of Light Sea Quarks In Nucleonsmentioning

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