Abstract
We suggest using polarized nuclear targets of [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] to study nuclear effects in the spin-dependent structure functions [Formula Presented] These effects are expected to be enhanced by a factor of 2 as compared to the unpolarized targets. We predict a significant x dependence at [Formula Presented] of [Formula Presented] due to nuclear shadowing and nuclear enhancement. The effect of nuclear shadowing at [Formula Presented] is of an order of 16% for [Formula Presented] and 10% for [Formula Presented] By imposing the requirement that the Bjorken sum rule is satisfied we model the effect of enhancement. We find the effect of enhancement at [Formula Presented] to be of an order of [Formula Presented] for [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] for [Formula Presented] if enhancement occupies the region [Formula Presented] We predict a 2% effect in the difference of the scattering cross sections of deep inelastic scattering of an unpolarized projectile off [Formula Presented] with [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] We also show explicitly that the many-nucleon description of deep inelastic scattering off [Formula Presented] becomes invalid in the enhancement region [Formula Presented].
Original language | English (US) |
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Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics