Neutron/Proton Structure Function Ratio at Large x

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26 February 1996

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.nucl-th/9602038

Abstract

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 larger than the value of 1/4 obtained in earlier analyses.

Keywords

NEUTRON/PROTON STRUCTURE FUNCTION
STRUCTURE FUNCTION RATIO
X NEUTRON/PROTON
RE EXAMINE
DEUTERON
LARGE X
QCD

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