A Dynamical Model for Nuclear Structure Functions

Abstract

We construct a dynamical model for the parton distributions in a nucleus by perturbative evolution of input distributions from a low starting scale. These input distributions are obtained by modifications of the corresponding free nucleon ones; the modifications being determined by standard nuclear physics considerations. The model gives good agreement with existing data. Its extension to the spin dependent case enables an estimation of nuclear modifications to asymmetries observed in recent doubly polarised deep inelastic scattering experiments. Although the structure functions themselves are very different from the free nucleon ones, their ratio is insensitive to these changes.

27 pages LaTeX, with 7 figures of encapsulated postscript files, to appear in Z. Phys. C

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