arXiv · nucl-th/9712005
Mesonic and Binding Contributions to the Nuclear Drell-Yan Process
Abstract
We have evaluated the Drell-Yan cross section in nuclei paying special attention to the meson cloud contribution from pion and rho-meson, for which an accurate calculation using the meson nuclear spectral functions is used. Similarly, the nucleonic contribution is evaluated in terms of a relativistic nucleon spectral function. Fair agreement with experiment is found for different nuclei and the results show a sizeable contribution from the renormalized meson cloud. In order to reproduce the experiment a novel element is introduced, consisting of a gradual energy loss of the incoming proton in its pass through the nucleus which produces a strong A dependence at x_1 large.
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E. Marco, E. Oset. 1997-12-01. Mesonic and Binding Contributions to the Nuclear Drell-Yan Process. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0375-9474(98)00607-1
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