Measurement of the deuteron structure function F2 in the resonance region and evaluation of its moments

Osipenko, M. et al. (2006) Measurement of the deuteron structure function F2 in the resonance region and evaluation of its moments. Physical Review C, 73(4), 045205. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.045205)

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Abstract

Inclusive electron scattering off the deuteron has been measured to extract the deuteron structure function F<sub>2</sub> with the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The measurement covers the entire resonance region from the quasielastic peak up to the invariant mass of the final-state hadronic system W≃2.7 GeV with four-momentum transfers Q<sup>2</sup> from 0.4 to 6 (GeV/c)<sup>2</sup>. These data are complementary to previous measurements of the proton structure function F<sub>2</sub> and cover a similar two-dimensional region of Q<sup>2</sup> and Bjorken variable x. Determination of the deuteron F<sub>2</sub> over a large x interval including the quasielastic peak as a function of Q<sup>2></sup>, together with the other world data, permit a direct evaluation of the structure function moments for the first time. By fitting the Q<sup>2</sup> evolution of these moments with an OPE-based twist expansion we have obtained a separation of the leading twist and higher twist terms. The observed Q<sup>2</sup> behavior of the higher twist contribution suggests a partial cancelation of different higher twists entering into the expansion with opposite signs. This cancelation, found also in the proton moments, is a manifestation of the “duality” phenomenon in the F<sub>2</sub> structure function.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and Protopopescu, Dr Dan and Ireland, Professor David and Kellie, Dr James and Rosner, Professor Guenther
Authors: Osipenko, M., Ricco, G., Simula, S., Battaglieri, M., Ripani, M., Adams, G., Ambrozewicz, P., Anghinolfi, M., Asavapibhop, B., Asryan, G., Audit, G., Avakian, H., Bagdasaryan, H., Baillie, N., Ball, J., Baltzell, N., Barrow, S., Batourine, V., Beard, K., Bedlinskiy, I., Bektasoglu, M., Bellis, M., Benmouna, N., Biselli, A., Bonner, B., Bouchigny, S., Boiarinov, S., Bradford, R., Branford, D., Brooks, W., Bultmann, S., Burkert, V., Butuceanu, C., Calarco, J., Careccia, S., Carman, D., Cazes, A., Chen, S., Cole, P., Coleman, A., Coltharp, P., Cords, D., Corvisiero, P., Crabb, D., Cummings, J., De Sanctis, E., DeVita, R., Degtyarenko, P., Denizli, H., Dennis, L., Deur, A., Dharmawardane, K., Djalali, C., Dodge, G., Donnelly, J., Doughty, D., Dragovitsch, P., Dugger, M., Dytman, S., Dzyubak, O., Egiyan, H., Egiyan, K., Elouadrhiri, L., Empl, A., Eugenio, P., Fatemi, R., Fedotov, G., Feuerbach, R., Forest, T., Funsten, H., Garcon, M., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G., Giovanetti, K., Girod, F., Goetz, J., Golovatch, E., Gordon, C., Gothe, R., Griffioen, K., Guidal, M., Guillo, M., Guler, N., Guo, L., Gyurjyan, V., Hadjidakis, C., Hakobyan, R., Hardie, J., Heddle, D., Hersman, F., Hicks, K., Hleiqawi, I., Holtrop, M., Hu, J., Huertas, M., Hyde-Wright, C., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D., Ishkhanov, B., Ito, M., Jenkins, D., Jo, H., Joo, K., Juengst, H., Kellie, J., Khandaker, M., Kim, K., Kim, K., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F., Klimenko, A., Klusman, M., Kossov, M., Kramer, L., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, J., Kuhn, S., Lachniet, J., Laget, J., Langheinrich, J., Lawrence, D., Lee, T., Li, J., Lima, A., Livingston, K., Lukashin, K., Manak, J., Marchand, C., McAleer, S., McKinnon, B., McNabb, J., Mecking, B., Mehrabyan, S., Melone, J., Mestayer, M., Meyer, C., Mikhailov, K., Minehart, R., Mirazita, M., Miskimen, R., Mokeev, V., Morand, L., Morrow, S., Mueller, J., Mutchler, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Napolitano, J., Nasseripour, R., Nefedov, G., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Niczyporuk, B., Niyazov, R., Nozar, M., ORielly, G., Ostrovidov, A., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Philips, S., Pierce, J., Pivnyuk, N., Pocanic, D., Pogorelko, O., Polli, E., Pozdniakov, S., Preedom, B., Price, J., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Qin, L., Raue, B., Riccardi, G., Ritchie, B., Ronchetti, F., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Rowntree, D., Rubin, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Santoro, J., Sapunenko, V., Schumacher, R., Serov, V., Sharabian, Y., Shaw, J., Skabelin, A., Smith, E., Smith, L., Sober, D., Stavinsky, A., Stepanyan, S., Stepanyan, S., Stokes, B., Stoler, P., Strauch, S., Suleiman, R., Taiuti, M., Taylor, S., Tedeschi, D., Thoma, U., Thompson, R., Tkabladze, A., Todor, L., Tur, C., Ungaro, M., Vineyard, M., Vlassov, A., Weinstein, L., Weygand, D., Williams, M., Wolin, E., Wood, M., Yegneswaran, A., Yun, J., Zana, L., Zhang, J., and CLAS Collaboration,
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physical Review C
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:0556-2813
ISSN (Online):1089-490X
Published Online:10 April 2006

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