Measurement of the Nucleon F ⁿ₂ / F ^p₂ tructure Function Ratio by the Jefferson Lab MARATHON Tritium/Helium-3 Deep Inelastic Scattering Experiment

Author(s)

D. Abrams
H. Albataineh
B. S. Aljawrneh
S. Alsalmi
D. Androic
K. Aniol
W. Armstrong
J. Arrington
H. Atac
T. Averett
C. Ayerbe Gayoso
X. Bai
J. Bane
S. Barcus
A. Beck
V. Bellini
H. Bhatt
D. Bhetuwal
D. Biswas
D. Blyth
Roberto Petti, University of South CarolinaFollow
Et. Al.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The ratio of the nucleon F₂ structure functions, F ⁿ₂ / F ^p₂ is determined by the MARATHON experiment from measurements of deep inelastic scattering of electrons from ³H and ³He nuclei. The experiment was performed in the Hall A Facility of Jefferson Lab using two high-resolution spectrometers for electron detection, and a cryogenic target system which included a low-activity tritium cell. The data analysis used a novel technique exploiting the mirror symmetry of the two nuclei, which essentially eliminates many theoretical uncertainties in the extraction of the ratio. The results, which cover the Bjorken scaling variable range 0.19 <x< 0.83, represent a significant improvement compared to previous SLAC and Jefferson Lab measurements for the ratio. They are compared to recent theoretical calculations and empirical determinations of the F ⁿ₂ / F ^p₂ ratio.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.132003

Publication Info

Published in Physical Reviews Letters, Volume 128, Issue 13, 2022.

©Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP³.

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©Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP³.

APA Citation

Abrams, D., H. Al-Bataineh, B. Aljawrneh, S. Alsalmi, Aniol, K., Armstrong, W., Arrington, J., H. Atac, Averett, T., C. Ayerbe Gayoso, Bai, X., Bane, J., Barcus, S., Beck, A., Bellini, V., Bhatt, H., D. Bhetuwal, Biswas, D., Blyth, D., & Boeglin, W. (2022). Measurement of the Nucleon F2n/F2p Structure Function Ratio by the Jefferson Lab MARATHON Tritium/Helium-3 Deep Inelastic Scattering Experiment. Physical Review Letters, 128(13). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.132003