Published June 30, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

How the nuclear Fermi motion plus a simple statistical model explains the EMC effect

Description

We present calculation of influence caused by nucleon Fermi motion on the parton distributions in nuclei. Our approach is based on the model where momenta of valence partons have some primordial distribution inside the hadron at rest, which is either provided by a statistical considerations or calculated using spherically symmetric Gaussian distribution with a width derived from the Heisenberg uncertainty relation. The sea parton contribution emerges from the similar Gaussian distribution with a width dictated by the presence of virtual pions in hadron. We show that the influence of Fermi motion changes substantially the nucleonic structure function inside the nucleus in the right direction and therefore should be considered seriously in all attempts devoted to explain the experimentally observed EMC effect for xBj > 0.1

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Identifiers

PII
S0375947403010765;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
721
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. C388-C391
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
16. particles and nuclei international conference
Acronym
PANIC '02
Dates
30 Sep - 4 Oct 2002
Place
Osaka (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Hungary
INIS RN
35059392
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EMC EFFECT; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; PARTONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODELS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.