Target mass effects in polarized deep-inelastic scattering

Abstract

We present a computation of nucleon mass corrections to nucleon structure functions for polarized deep-inelastic scattering. We perform a fit to existing data including mass corrections at first order in $m^2/Q^2$ and we study the effect of these corrections on physically interesting quantities. We conclude that mass corrections are generally small, and compatible with current estimates of higher twist uncertainties, when available.

Comments: 22 pages Latex, uses epsfig.sty, 10 eps figures included