| THE PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS |
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Valence Quark Ratio in the Proton |
| Zhu-Fang Cui1,2, Fei Gao3, Daniele Binosi4*, Lei Chang5*, Craig D. Roberts1,2*, and Sebastian M. Schmidt6,7 |
1School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
2Institute for Nonperturbative Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
3Centre for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
4European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Villa Tambosi, Strada delle Tabarelle 286, I-38123 Villazzano (TN), Italy
5School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
6Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden D-01314, Germany
7RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut B, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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Zhu-Fang Cui, Fei Gao, Daniele Binosi et al 2022 Chin. Phys. Lett. 39 041401 |
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Abstract Beginning with precise data on the ratio of structure functions in deep inelastic scattering (DIS) from $^3$He and $^3$H, collected on the domain $0.19 \leq x_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm B}} \leq 0.83$, where $x_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm B}}$ is the Bjorken scaling variable, we employ a robust method for extrapolating such data to arrive at a model-independent result for the $x_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm B}}=1$ value of the ratio of neutron and proton structure functions. Combining this with information obtained in analyses of DIS from nuclei, corrected for target-structure dependence, we arrive at a prediction for the proton valence-quark ratio: $\left. d_v/u_v \right|_{x_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm B}}\to 1} = 0.230 (57)$. Requiring consistency with this result presents a challenge to many descriptions of proton structure.
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Received: 19 March 2022
Express Letter
Published: 24 March 2022
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14.20.Dh
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(Protons and neutrons)
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13.60.Hb
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(Total and inclusive cross sections (including deep-inelastic processes))
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12.38.Aw
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(General properties of QCD (dynamics, confinement, etc.))
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