Neutron/proton structure function ratio at large x

被引:171
作者
Melnitchouk, W [1 ]
Thomas, AW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ADELAIDE,DEPT PHYS & MATH PHYS,ADELAIDE,SA 5005,AUSTRALIA
关键词
deuteron; neutron; off-shell; binding; SU(6) symmetry breaking; perturbative QCD;
D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(96)00292-4
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We re-examine the large-x neutron/proton structure function ratio extracted from the latest deuteron data, taking into account the most recent developments in the treatment of Fermi motion, binding and nucleon off-shell effects in the deuteron. Our findings suggest that as x --> 1 the ratio of the neutron to proton structure functions (F-2(n)/F-2(p)) is consistent with the perturbative QCD expectation of 3/7, but which is larger than the value of 1/4 obtained in earlier analyses.
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