Measurement of the nucleon structure function in iron using 215- and 93-GeV muons

  • A. R. Clark
  • , K. J. Johnson
  • , L. T. Kerth
  • , S. C. Loken
  • , T. W. Markiewicz
  • , P. D. Meyers
  • , W. H. Smith
  • , M. Strovink
  • , W. A. Wenzel
  • , R. P. Johnson
  • , C. Moore
  • , M. Mugge
  • , R. E. Shafer
  • , G. D. Gollin
  • , F. C. Shoemaker
  • , P. Surko

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Abstract

This Letter presents measurements of the nucleon structure function F2(x,Q2) based on the deep-inelastic scattering of 215- and 93-GeV muons in the iron multimuon spectrometer at Fermilab. With use of a lowest-order QCD calculation, a value of LO=230±40(stat.)±80(syst.) MeV/c is found.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1826-1829
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume51
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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