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Nuclear Parton Densities and Structure Functions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We calculate nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs), using the constituent quark model. We find the bounded valon distributions in a nuclear to be related to free valon distributions in a nucleon. By using improved bounded valon distributions for a nuclear with atomic number AA and the partonic structure functions inside the valon, we can calculate the nuclear structure function in xx space. The results for nuclear structure-function ratio F2A/F2DF_2^A/F_2^D at some values of AA are in good agreement with the experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0410365,
  title  = {Nuclear Parton Densities and Structure Functions},
  author = {S. Atashbar Tehrani and Ali N. Khorramian and A. Mirjalili},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0410365},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To be published in Int. Journal of Modern Phys. A