A different view of deep inelastic electron-proton scattering

Abstract

Deep inelastic electron-proton scattering is analyzed in the target rest frame using a theoretical approach suitable to describe many-body systems of {\em bound} constituents subject to {\em interactions}. At large three-momentum transfer $\text{magq}$, this approach predicts the onset of scaling in the variable $\text{yt}=\nu$-$\text{magq}$, where $\nu$ denotes the energy transfer. The present analysis shows that the data, plotted at constant $\text{magq}$, exhibit a remarkable scaling behavior in $\text{yt}$ and manifestly display the presence of sizable interaction effects.

Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the "VIII Convegno su Problemi di Fisica Nucleare Teorica" (World Scientific, Singapore)