English

Off-shell modifications of bound nucleons and parton distributions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-12-05 v1

Abstract

We discuss results from our global QCD analyses including nuclear data off deuterium from various measurements, as well as off 3^3H and 3^3He targets from the MARATHON experiment. We simultaneously determine the parton distribution functions of the proton, the higher-twist terms, and the nucleon off-shell correction functions responsible for the modifications of the partonic structure in bound protons and neutrons. In particular, we study the neutron-proton asymmetry of the off-shell correction and its interplay with the treatment of the higher-twist terms. We observe that the data on the 3^3He/3^3H cross section ratio are consistent with a single isoscalar off-shell function. We also provide our predictions on the ratio F2n/F2pF_2^n/F_2^p and on the dd and uu quark distributions in the proton and in the 3^3H and 3^3He nuclei.

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@article{arxiv.2312.00809,
  title  = {Off-shell modifications of bound nucleons and parton distributions},
  author = {S. I. Alekhin and S. A. Kulagin and R. Petti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.00809},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

6 pages, 4 figures. Presented at DIS2023: XXX International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects, Michigan State University, USA, 27-31 March 2023

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