Parton distribution functions at the Electron-Ion Collider1
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High-statistics deep-inelastic scattering at the EIC can elucidate several open questions about the structure of nucleons and nuclei that cannot be answered solely by measurements at the Large Hadron Collider. These questions include avor composition of PDFs; nuclear correction factors; e ect of isospin violation on the PDFs; and behavior of the longitudinal structure function FL at the boundary between nonperturbative and perturbative QCD domains.
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