x and ξ scaling of the nuclear structure function at large x -: art. no. 014602

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Arrington, J
Armstrong, CS
Averett, T
Baker, OK
de Bever, L
Bochna, CW
Boeglin, W
Bray, B
Carlini, RD
Collins, G
Cothran, C
Crabb, D
Day, D
Dunne, JA
Dutta, D
Ent, R
Filippone, BW
Honegger, A
Hughes, EW
Jensen, J
Jourdan, J
Keppel, CE
Koltenuk, DM
Lindgren, R
Lung, A
Mack, DJ
McCarthy, J
McKeown, RD
Meekins, D
Mitchell, JH
Mkrtchyan, HG
Niculescu, G
Niculescu, I
Petitjean, T
Rondon, O
Sick, I
Smith, C
Terburg, B
Vulcan, WF
Wood, SA
Yan, C
Zhao, J
Zihlmann, B
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[1] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[2] Univ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
[3] CALTECH, Kellogg Radiat Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[4] Florida Int Univ, Miami, FL 33199 USA
[5] Hampton Univ, Hampton, VA 23668 USA
[6] Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[7] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[8] Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60201 USA
[9] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[10] Thomas Jefferson Natl Accelerator Facil, Newport News, VA 23606 USA
[11] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA
[12] Coll William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
[13] George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052 USA
[14] Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 2001年 / 64卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevC.64.014602
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
Inclusive electron scattering data are presented for H-2. C, Fe. and Au targets at an incident electron energy of 4.045 GeV for a range of momentum transfers from Q(2) = 1 to 7 (GeV/c)(2). Data were taken at Jefferson Laboratory for low values of energy loss, corresponding to values of Bjorken x greater than or similar to1. The structure functions do not show scaling in x in this range, where inelastic scattering is not expected to dominate the cross section. The data do show scaling, however, in the Nachtmann variable xi. This scaling appears to he the result of Bloom-Gilman duality in the nucleon structure function combined with the Fermi motion of the nucleons in the nucleus. The resulting extension of scaling to larger values of xi opens up the possibility of accessing nuclear structure functions in the high-x region at lower values of Q(2) than previously believed.
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