Do short-range correlations cause the nuclear EMC effect in the deuteron?
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2021-01-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The relative contributions to the valence nuclear EMC effect in the deuteron arising from off-shell effects and Fermi motion are examined in models which include nuclear binding and off-shell effects. Contrary to expectations, the effect of Fermi motion overwhelms the off-shell effects for nucleons in short-range correlations (SRCs), calling into question the hypothesized causal connection between SRCs and the EMC effect.
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@article{arxiv.2004.03789,
title = {Do short-range correlations cause the nuclear EMC effect in the deuteron?},
author = {X. G. Wang and A. W. Thomas and W. Melnitchouk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.03789},
year = {2021}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures