Extraction of the ratio F2n/F2p from muon-deuteron and muon-proton scattering at small x and Q2

  • M. R. Adams
  • , S. Aïd
  • , P. L. Anthony
  • , D. A. Averill
  • , M. D. Baker
  • , B. R. Baller
  • , A. Banerjee
  • , A. A. Bhatti
  • , U. Bratzler
  • , H. M. Braun
  • , T. J. Carroll
  • , H. L. Clark
  • , J. M. Conrad
  • , R. Davisson
  • , I. Derado
  • , S. K. Dhawan
  • , F. S. Dietrich
  • , W. Dougherty
  • , T. Dreyer
  • , V. Eckardt
  • U. Ecker, M. Erdmann, G. Y. Fang, J. Figiel, R. W. Finlay, H. J. Gebauer, D. F. Geesaman, K. A. Griffioen, R. S. Guo, J. Haas, C. Halliwell, D. Hantke, K. H. Hicks, V. W. Hughes, H. E. Jackson, D. E. Jaffe, G. Jancso, D. M. Jansen, Z. Jin, S. Kaufman, R. D. Kennedy, E. R. Kinney, H. G.E. Kobrak, A. V. Kotwal, S. Kunori, J. J. Lord, H. J. Lubatti, D. McLeod, P. Madden, S. Magill, A. Manz, H. Melanson, D. G. Michael, H. E. Montgomery, J. G. Morfin, R. B. Nickerson, J. Novak, S. O'Day, K. Olkiewicz, L. Osborne, R. Otten, V. Papavassiliou, B. Pawlik, F. M. Pipkin, D. H. Potterveld, E. J. Ramberg, A. Röser, J. J. Ryan, C. W. Salgado, A. Salvarani, H. Schellman, M. Schmitt, N. Schmitz, K. P. Schüler, G. Siegert, A. Skuja, G. A. Snow, S. Söldner-Rembold, P. Spentzouris, H. E. Stier, P. Stopa, R. A. Swanson, H. Venkataramania, M. Wilhelm, Richard Wilson, W. Wittek, S. A. Wolbers, A. Zghiche, T. Zhao

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Abstract

The ratio of the deuteron to proton structure functions is measured at very small Bjorken x (down to 10-6) and for Q2>0.001 GeV2 from scattering of 470 GeV muons on liquid hydrogen and deuterium targets. The ratio F2n/F2p extracted from these measurements is found to be constant, at a value of 0.935±0.008±0.034, for x<0.01. This result suggests the presence of nuclear shadowing effects in the deuteron. The dependence of the ratio on Q2 is also examined; no significant variation is found.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1466-1470
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume75
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1995
Externally publishedYes

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