Neutron / Proton Structure Function Ratio at Large x
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چکیده
We reexamine the large-x neutron/proton structure function ratio extracted from the latest deuteron data, taking into account the most recent developments in the treatment of Fermi motion, binding and nucleon off-shell effects in the deuteron. Our findings suggest that as x → 1 the ratio of the neutron to proton structure functions (F n 2 /F p 2) is consistent with the perturbative QCD expectation of 3/7, but larger than the value of 1/4 obtained in earlier analyses.
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