Parton Gas Model for the Nucleon Structure Functions

Abstract

A phenomenological model for the nucleon structure functions is presented. Visualising the nucleon as a cavity filled with parton gas in thermal equilibrium and parametrizing the effects due to the finiteness of the nucleon volume, we obtain a good fit to the data on the unpolarized nucleon structure functions.

Comments: Revtex, 11 pages + 3 figures (available on request)