A QCD ANALYSIS OF eN DEEP - INELASTIC SCATTERING DATA

In the context of QCD, an analysis is presented of a compilation of eN deep-inelastic scattering data taken at SLAC. Included are data for FFP, Fgd, F;P-Fy and R. The interaction between the logarithmic scaling violation from c1 S and the power-law scaling violation from higher-twist terms is discussed. This interaction can affect the determination of the parameter A and can alter the predictions for the ratios of anomalous dimensions. Furthermore, we show that, in the context of QCD, higher-twist terms may be able to account for the observed value of R = oL/oT which appears to be anomalously large. Different experiments have made different assumptions for the value of R used in extracting F2 from their data. We show that these. differences can account for the discrepancies in the relative normalizations of F2 from these experiments and also can have a significant effect on the value of A obtained. (Submitted to Physical Review D) * Work supported by the Department of Energy under contract numbers DE-AC03-76SF00515 and E(ll-1)3230