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2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Nuclear parton distributions and structure functions

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19540306
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
Research InstitutionTokai University

Principal Investigator

BENTZ Wolfgang  Tokai University, 理学部, 教授 (20168769)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) YAZAKI Koichi  独立行政法人理化学研究所, 延興放射線研究室, 客員主管研究員 (60012382)
Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2009
Keywordsハドロン物理学 / クォーク / クォーク有効理論 / 構造関数 / 媒質効果 / 破砕関数
Research Abstract

The parton distributions and structure function of a nucleon bound in the nucleus are different from the case of a free nucleon. We assessed these medium effects quantitatively, and performed calculations for several nuclear targets. We also evaluated the fragmentation functions, which describe meson production in deep inelastic scattering processes.
For our model calculations, we used the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model to describe the nucleon as a 3-quark bound state. Nuclear matter and finite nuclei were described in the mean field approximation, taking into account the internal quark structure of the nucleons. The parton distributions in the nuclear medium were obtained by a convolution of the parton distributions in the single nucleon and the nucleon distributions in the medium. Using this method, we predicted the spin-dependent parton distributions for several nuclei, and pointed out the importance of medium modifications. We also assessed the flavor dependence of the nuclear parton distributions, and applied our results to deep inelastic neutrino scattering from nuclear targets (NuTeV experiment) and parity-violating electron scattering. One of our main conclusions was that the famous problem of the NuTeV anomaly can be solved by taking into account the medium modifications of parton distributions.
For the description of the fragmentation functions we also used the NJL model. We described pion production in semi-inclusive high energy scattering processes, taking into account the multifragmentation processes in the framework of the jet-model. We compared our results with recent analyses of semi-inclusive pion production data, and pointed out the important role of the multifragmentation processes.

  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2010 2009 2008 2007

All Journal Article (10 results) Presentation (11 results)

  • [Journal Article] The NJL-jet model for quark fragmentation functions2009

    • Author(s)
      T. Ito, W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D 80

      Pages: 074008-1-074008-17

  • [Journal Article] Isovector EMC effect and the NuTeV anomaly.2009

    • Author(s)
      I.C. Cloet, W. Bentz, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review Letters 102

      Pages: 252301-1-252391-4

  • [Journal Article] EMC effect for parity-violating DIS.2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, T. Ito, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      RIKEN Accelerator Progress Report 42

      Pages: 81

  • [Journal Article] An explanation of the NuTeV anomaly.2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, T. Ito, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      RIKEN Accelerator Progress Report 42

      Pages: 80

  • [Journal Article] Polarized structure functions of nucleons and nuclei2008

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Journal Title

      Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 61

      Pages: 238-244

  • [Journal Article] Transversity quark distributions in a covariant quark-diquark model.2008

    • Author(s)
      I.C. Cloet, W. Bentz, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      Physics Letters B 659

      Pages: 214-220

  • [Journal Article] Isospin dependence of the EMC effect.2008

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      RIKEN Accelerator Progress Report 41

      Pages: 66

  • [Journal Article] Spin dependent parton distributions and structure functions.2008

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Journal Title

      Few Body Systems 44

      Pages: 71

  • [Journal Article] On the EOS in effective quark theories2008

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, S. Lawley, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      Modern Physics Letters A 23

      Pages: 2477

  • [Journal Article] Spin dependent structure functions of finite nuclei2007

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Journal Title

      RIKEN Accelerator Progress Report 40

      Pages: 93

  • [Presentation] The NJL-jet model for quark fragmentation functions. Achievements and New Directions in Subatomic Physics2010

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, T. Ito, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      Adelaide (Australia)
    • Year and Date
      20100215-20100219
  • [Presentation] Parton distributions in nuclear systems.2010

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, T. Ito, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Organizer
      KEK theory center workshop on High-energy hadron physics with hadron beams
    • Year and Date
      20100106-20100108
  • [Presentation] On the EOS in effective quark theories2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, S. Lawley, A.W. Thomas
    • Organizer
      International Workshop Chiral07, Osaka
    • Year and Date
      20091113-20091116
  • [Presentation] Parton distributions in nuclear systems. Third joint meeting of the nuclear physics division of the APS and JPS, Hilton Waikoloa Village2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, T. Ito, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Organizer
      Hawaii (USA)
    • Year and Date
      20091013-20091017
  • [Presentation] NJL-jet model for quark fragmentation functions. Workshop on Three-Dimensional Parton Structure of the Nucleon encoded in GPDs and TMDs2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      Seattle, USA
    • Year and Date
      20090914-20090918
  • [Presentation] Quark fragmentation to pions in an effective chiral theory2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, T. Ito, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      19th International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics
    • Place of Presentation
      Bonn (Germany)
    • Year and Date
      20090831-20090905
  • [Presentation] Structure functions of nucleons and nuclei2009

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      European Nuclear Physics Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Bochum (Germany)
    • Year and Date
      20090316-20090320
  • [Presentation] Quark distributions in nucleons and nuclei2008

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum VIII
    • Place of Presentation
      Mainz (Germany)
    • Year and Date
      20080901-20080906
  • [Presentation] Polarized structure functions of nucleons and nuclei2007

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      International School of Nuclear Physics
    • Place of Presentation
      Erice, Italy
    • Year and Date
      20070910-20090914
  • [Presentation] Spin dependent parton distributions and structure functions2007

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, T. Ito, A.W. Thomas, K. Yazaki
    • Organizer
      20th European Few-Body Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Pisa, Italy
    • Year and Date
      20070910-20070914
  • [Presentation] Spin structure functions of nucleons and nuclei (poster presentation)2007

    • Author(s)
      W. Bentz, I.C. Cloet, A.W. Thomas
    • Organizer
      International Nuclear Physics Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      20070603-20070608

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