Published March 12, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Confirmation of Quark-Hadron Duality in the Neutron F2 Structure Function

  • 1. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (United States)
  • 2. Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
  • 3. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)
  • 4. Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668 (United States)

Description

We apply a recently developed technique to extract for the first time the neutron F2n structure function from inclusive proton and deuteron data in the nucleon resonance region, and test the validity of quark-hadron duality in the neutron. We establish the accuracy of duality in the low-lying neutron resonance regions over a range of Q2, and compare with the corresponding results on the proton and with theoretical expectations. The confirmation of duality in both the neutron and proton opens the possibility of using resonance region data to constrain parton distributions at large x.

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
104
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 102001-102001.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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