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View SchemaNucleon Structure Functions at Moderate Q**2: Relativistic Constituent Quarks and Spectator Mass Spectrum
| Authors | S. A. Kulagin, W. Melnitchouk, T. Weigl, W. Weise |
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| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9510053 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9510053 |
| DOI | 10.1016/0375-9474(95)00434-3 |
| Journal | Nucl.Phys.A597:515-542,1996 |
Abstract
We present a model description of the nucleon valence structure function applicable over the entire region of the Bjorken variable x, and above moderate values of Q**2 (> 1 GeV**2). We stress the importance of describing the complete spectrum of intermediate states which are spectator to the deep-inelastic collision. At a scale of 1 GeV**2 the relevant degrees of freedom are constituent quarks and pions. The large-x region is then described in terms of scattering from constituent quarks in the nucleon, while the dressing of constituent quarks by pions plays an important role at intermediate x values. The correct small-x behavior, which is necessary for the proper normalization of the valence distributions, is guaranteed by modeling the asymptotic spectator mass spectrum according to Regge phenomenology.
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