Deep-inelastic and quasielastic electron scattering from A=3 nuclei

A. J. Tropiano, J. J. Ethier, W. Melnitchouk, N. Sato

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Abstract

We perform a combined analysis of inclusive electron scattering data from A=3 nuclei in the deep-inelastic and quasielastic scattering regions, using Monte Carlo analysis methods and the nuclear weak binding approximation to establish the range over which the data can be described within the same theoretical framework. Comparison with quasielastic He3 cross sections from SLAC and Jefferson Lab suggests that most features of the x-1 data can be reasonably well described in the impulse approximation with finite-Q2 nuclear smearing functions for momentum transfers Q21GeV2. For the DIS region, we analyze the recent He3 to deuterium cross-section ratio from the Jefferson Lab E03-103 experiment to explore the possible isospin dependence of the nuclear effects. We discuss the implications of this for the MARATHON experiment at Jefferson Lab and outline how a Bayesian analysis of He3, H3, and deuterium data can robustly determine the free neutron structure function.

Original languageEnglish
Article number035201
Pages (from-to)1-22
Number of pages22
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume99
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2019

Funding

We thank D. Gaskell, C. Keppel, S. Li, H. Liu, G. Petratos and G. Schnel for helpful discussions and communications. This work was supported by the US Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177, under which Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, operates Jefferson Lab. A.T. was supported by NSF Grant No. 1359026 for an REU internship at ODU/Jefferson Lab, University Fellowship from the Ohio State Graduate School, and the William A. Fowler Graduate Fellowship from the Ohio State Department of Physics. N.S. was supported by DOE Contract No. DE-FG-04ER41309. J.E. has been partly supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

FundersFunder number
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Ohio State Department of Physics
Ohio State Graduate School
US Department of Energy
William A. Fowler Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences1359026
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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