New method for extracting neutron structure functions from nuclear data
Nuclear Theory
2014-11-18 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
We propose a new method for extracting neutron structure functions from inclusive structure functions of nuclei. Unlike earlier approaches, the new method is applicable to both spin-averaged and spin-dependent structure functions. We test the reliability of the method on unpolarized F_2 and polarized g_1 structure functions of the deuteron in both the nucleon resonance and deep inelastic regions. The new method is able to reproduce known input functions of almost arbitrary shape to very good accuracy with only several iterations.
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@article{arxiv.0809.4308,
title = {New method for extracting neutron structure functions from nuclear data},
author = {Yonatan Kahn and W. Melnitchouk and S. A. Kulagin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4308},
year = {2014}
}
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28 pages, 13 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. C