Target mass effects in deep-inelastic scattering on the deuteron

Abstract

We calculate the effects of the target mass on deep-inelastic electron scattering on targets of spin one such as the deuteron, focusing on the novel structure functions that enter. It is important to understand these effects given the recent HERMES measurements of the $b_1(x,Q^2)$ structure function of the deuteron. We also derive the spin-one analogues of the Wandzura-Wilczek relations and discuss possible calculations in lattice QCD.

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• Parton distributions from deep-inelastic-scattering data
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• Electroweak Matrix Elements in the Two-Nucleon Sector from Lattice QCD
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• Target mass corrections for virtual Compton scattering at twist-2 and generalized, non-forward Wandzura-Wilczek and Callan-Gross relations
• Deuteron Spin Structure Functions at Small Bjorken-x
• Power corrections of off-forward quark distributions and harmonic operators with definite twist
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• Nucleon Mass Corrections to Spin Dependent Structure Functions and Relations Between their Twist-3 Contributions
• Target Mass Effects in Polarized Virtual Photon Structure Functions

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