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Cross sections for deep-inelastic electron scattering from liquid deuterium, gaseous He4, and solid Be, C, Al, Ca, Fe, Ag, and Au targets were measured at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center using electrons with energies ranging from 8 to 24.5 GeV. These data cover a range in the Bjorken variable x from 0.089 to 0.8, and in momentum transfer Q2 from 2 to 15 (GeV/c)2. The ratios of cross sections per nucleon (σAσd)is for isoscalar nuclei have been extracted from the data. These ratios are greater than unity in the range 0.1<x<0.3, while for 0.3<x<0.8 they are less than unity and decrease logarithmically with atomic weight A, or linearly with average nuclear density. No Q2 dependence in the ratios was observed over the kinematic range of the data. These results are compared to various theoretical predictions.

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Additional overall systematic error of 2.1 pct plus a target to target systematic error of 1 pct.

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Additional overall systematic error of 2.1 pct plus a target to target systematic error of 2.1 pct.

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Additional overall systematic error of 2.1 pct plus a target to target systematic error of 0.6 pct.

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The Ratio of Deep - Inelastic e-n to e-p Cross-Sections in the Threshold Region

Bodek, A. ; Dubin, D.L. ; Elias, J.E. ; et al.

Phys.Lett.B 51 (1974) 417-420, 1974.

Inspire Record 91646 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.27946

We report measurements of the ratio of the deep-inelastic electron-neutron to electron-proton differential cross sections in the threshold ( ω <3) region. The ratio was found to scale and to decrease monotically with decreasing ω . No violation of the quark model lower bound of 0.25 was observed in the ratio.

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Table 1

DATA ARE AVERAGED THROUG AVAILABLE KINEMATIC REGION.

Comparisons of Deep Inelastic e p and e n Cross-Sections

Bodek, A. ; Breidenbach, M. ; Dubin, D.L. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 30 (1973) 1087, 1973.

Inspire Record 83716 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21415

Cross sections for inelastic scattering of electrons from hydrogen and deuterium were measured for incident energies from 4.5 to 18 GeV, at scattering angles of 18°, 26°, and 34°, and covering a range of squared four-momentum transfers up to 20 (GeVc)2. Neutron cross sections were extracted from the deuterium data using an impulse approximation. Comparisons with the proton measurements show significant differences between the neutron and proton cross sections.

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Axis error includes +- 1/1 contribution (DUE TO ERRORS IN ABOVE CORRECTIONSFOR DEAD-TIME LOSSES, INEFFICIENCIES IN E- IDENTIFICATION).

Inelastic electron-Proton Scattering at Large Momentum Transfers

Miller, Guthrie ; Bloom, Elliott D. ; Buschhorn, G. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.D 5 (1972) 528, 1972.

Inspire Record 67123 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22355

Differential cross sections for electrons scattered inelastically from hydrogen have been measured at 18°, 26°, and 34°. The range of incident energy was 4.5 to 18 GeV, and the range of four-momentum transfer squared was 1.5 to 21 (GeVc)2. With the use of these data in conjunction with previously measured data at 6° and 10°, the contributions from the longitudinal and transverse components of the exchanged photon have been separately determined. The values of the ratio of the photoabsorption cross sections σSσT are found to lie in the range 0 to 0.5. The question of scaling of 2MpW1 and νW2 as a function of ω is discussed, and scaling is verified for a large kinematic range. Also, a new scaling variable which reduces to ω in the Bjorken limit is introduced which extends the scaling region. The behavior of σT and σS is also discussed as a function of ν and q2. Various weighted sum rules of νW2 are evaluated.

18 data tables

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Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (0. TO 2.////DUE TO PION CONTAMINATION).

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Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (0. TO 2.////DUE TO PION CONTAMINATION).

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Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (0. TO 2.////DUE TO PION CONTAMINATION).

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Experimental Studies of the Neutron and Proton Electromagnetic Structure Functions

Bodek, A. ; Breidenbach, Martin ; Dubin, D.L. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.D 20 (1979) 1471-1552, 1979.

Inspire Record 140185 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.4325

We have carried out an experimental study of the neutron and proton deep-inelastic electromagnetic structure functions. The structure functions were extracted from electron-proton and electron-deuteron differential cross sections measured in three experiments spanning the angles 6°, 10°, 15°, 18°, 19°, 26°, and 34°. We report primarily on the large-angle (15°-34°) measurements. Neutron cross sections were extracted from the deuteron data using an impulse approximation. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the nucleon is composed of pointlike constituents. The variation of the cross section with angle suggests that the hypothetical constituents have spin ½. The data for σnσp, the ratio of the neutron and proton differential cross sections, are in the range 0.25 to 1.0, and are within the limits imposed by the quark model. Detailed studies of the structure functions were made for a range of the scaling variable ω from ω=1.3 to ω=10.0, and for a range of invariant four-momentum transfer Q2 from 1.0 to 20.0 GeV2. These studies indicate that the structure functions approximately scale in the variable ω, although significant deviations from scaling in ω are apparent in the region 1.3<ω<3.3. These deviations from scaling are in the same direction and of similar magnitude for both neutron and proton. The interpretation of the data in terms of various theoretical models is discussed.

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Measurement of elastic electron - neutron scattering and inelastic electron - deuteron scattering cross-sections at high momentum transfer

Rock, Stephen ; Arnold, R.G. ; Bosted, Peter E. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.D 46 (1992) 24-44, 1992.

Inspire Record 322422 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.18708

We have measured inelastic electron-deuteron, electron-proton, and electron-aluminum cross sections at 10° in the kinematic region between elastic deuteron scattering and the second resonance region at six beam energies between 9.8 and 21 GeV. The elastic electron-neutron cross section was extracted from the quasielastic data at Q2=2.5,4.0,6.0,8.0, and 10.0 (GeV/c)2. The ratio of elastic cross sections σnσp falls with increasing Q2 above 6 (GeV/c)2. The inelastic data are compatible either with y scaling (scattering from a single nucleon) or with ξ scaling (scattering from quarks).

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Elastic proton cross sections.

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