Probing flavor-dependent EMC effect with W boson production
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2013-03-05 v2 Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
A recent theoretical model predicts that the modification of quark distributions in the nuclear medium (EMC effect) depends on the flavor of the quarks. We investigate -boson production in proton-nucleus collision as a possible tool to test this theoretical prediction. Several experimental observables in production sensitive to the flavor-dependent EMC effect are identified. Calculations for these experimental observables at the RHIC and LHC energies are presented using the recent flavor-dependent EMC model.
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@article{arxiv.1109.3108,
title = {Probing flavor-dependent EMC effect with W boson production},
author = {Wen-Chen Chang and Ian Cloet and Dipangkar Dutta and Jen-Chieh Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3108},
year = {2013}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures