arXiv:2004.03789·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Do short-range correlations cause the nuclear EMC effect in the deuteron?
X. G. Wang🇦🇺 · A. W. Thomas🇦🇺 · W. Melnitchouk🇺🇸
Abstract
The relative contributions to the valence nuclear EMC effect in the deuteron arising from off-shell effects and Fermi motion are examined in models which include nuclear binding and off-shell effects. Contrary to expectations, the effect of Fermi motion overwhelms the off-shell effects for nucleons in short-range correlations (SRCs), calling into question the hypothesized causal connection between SRCs and the EMC effect.
Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures