Applications of computed Nuclear Structure Functions to Inclusive Scattering R-ratios and their Moments

1999/07/30 by A. S. Rinat, Rinat, A. S.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Scientific Research and Discoveries #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9907117

13 pages, latex with PostScript figures

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Abstract

We discuss applications of previously computed nuclear structure functions (SF) to inclusive cross sections, compare predictions with recent CEBAF data and perform two scaling tests. We mention that the large Q² plateau of scaling functions may only in part be due to the asymptotic limit of SF, which prevents the extraction of the nucleon momentum distribution in a model-independent way. We show that there may be sizable discrepancies between computed and semi-heuristic estimates of SF ratios. We compute ratios of moments of nuclear SF and show these to be in reasonable agreement with data. We speculate that an effective theory may underly the model for the nuclear SF, which produces overall agreement with several observables.

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