Neutron Structure Function and A=3 Mirror Nuclei
arXiv:nucl-th/0006003 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01012-1
Abstract
We investigate deep inelastic scattering from He-3 and H-3 within a conventional convolution treatment of binding and Fermi motion effects. Using realistic Faddeev wave functions together with a nucleon spectral function, we demonstrate that the free neutron structure function can be extracted in deep-inelastic scattering from A=3 mirror nuclei, with nuclear effects canceling to within 2% for x < 0.85.
13 pages, 4 figures, version to appear in Phys. Lett. B