arXiv · 2209.13753
Light-Front Holography Model of the EMC Effect
Abstract
A new two-component model of the EMC effect based on Light-Front Holographic QCD (LFHQCD) is presented. The model suggests the EMC effect is the result of the nuclear potential breaking SU(6) symmetry. The model separates the $F_2^A$ nuclear structure function into two parts: a free contribution, involving the addition of proton and neutron structure functions weighted by the number of protons and neutrons respectively, and a nuclear/medium modified contribution that involves a universal function for all nuceli. Further, the model displays a connection with the correlation between the size of the EMC effect and the SRC pair density, $a_2$ - extracted from kinematic plateaus at around $x$ > 1 in inclusive quasi-elastic (QE) scattering.
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Dmitriy N. Kim, Gerald A. Miller. 2022-09-28. Light-Front Holography Model of the EMC Effect. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.106.055202
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