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Spin structure functions of 3He at finite Q^2

Nuclear Theory 2008-12-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Using recently derived relations between spin-dependent nuclear and nucleon g_1 and g_2 structure functions at finite Q^2, we study nuclear effects in 3He in the nucleon resonance and deep inelastic regions. Comparing the finite-Q^2 results with the standard convolution formulas obtained in the large-Q^2 limit, we find significant broadening of the effective nucleon momentum distribution functions, leading to additional suppression of the nuclear g_1 and g_2 structure functions around the resonance peaks.

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@article{arxiv.0809.3998,
  title  = {Spin structure functions of 3He at finite Q^2},
  author = {S. A. Kulagin and W. Melnitchouk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.3998},
  year   = {2008}
}

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33 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. C

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