2002/04/15 by Omar Benhar, Benhar, Omar
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0204042
34 pages, 12 figures
arxiv created 2002/04/15 · openalex publication_date 2002/04/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The observation of scaling in processes in which a weakly interacting probe delivers large momentum \bf q to a many-body system reflects the dominance of incoherent scattering off target constituents. While a suitably defined scaling function can provide rich information on the internal dynamics of the target, in general its extraction from the measured cross section requires careful consideration of the nature of the interaction driving the scattering process. The analysis of deep inelastic electron-proton scattering in the target rest frame within standard many-body theory naturally leads to the emergence of a scaling function that, unlike the commonly used structure functions F1 and F2, can be identified with the intrinsic proton response. The implications for the theoretical analysis of deep inelastic scattering and the interpretation of the data are discussed.