Nuclear structure functions and EMC effect in a relativistic deuteron

Abstract

We investigate the longitudinal momentum distributions (LMDs) of the deuteron using a relativistic deuteron wave function derived from a realistic nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction within the light-front framework. By convoluting the deuteron LMDs with the nucleon parton distribution functions (PDFs), we analyze the unpolarized, longitudinally polarized, and tensor-polarized structure functions of the deuteron. In addition, we also study the EMC effect in the weakly bound deuteron through the structure function ratio $F_2^D/(F_2^p+F_2^n)$, which deviates from unity due to nuclear binding and Fermi motion effects.

8 pages, 4 figures