arXiv · nucl-th/9301017
Role of Vector Mesons in High-Q^2 Lepton-Nucleon Scattering
Abstract
The possible role played by vector mesons in inclusive deep inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering is investigated. In the context of the convolution model, we calculate self-consistently the scaling contribution to the nucleon structure function using the formalism of time-ordered perturbation theory in the infinite momentum frame. Our results indicate potentially significant effects only when the vector meson---nucleon form factor is very hard. Agreement with the experimental antiquark distributions, however, requires relatively soft form factors for the $πN$, $ρN$ and $ωN$ vertices.
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W. Melnitchouk, A. W. Thomas. 1993-01-27. Role of Vector Mesons in High-Q^2 Lepton-Nucleon Scattering. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.47.3794
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