Off-shell modifications of bound nucleons and parton distributions
Abstract
We discuss results from our global QCD analyses including nuclear data off deuterium from various measurements, as well as off H and He 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 He/H cross section ratio are consistent with a single isoscalar off-shell function. We also provide our predictions on the ratio and on the and quark distributions in the proton and in the H and He nuclei.
Cite
@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