Determination of the pion structure function from muon-pair production

C. B. Newman; K. J. Anderson; R. N. Coleman; G. E. Hogan; K. P. Karhi; K. T. McDonald; J. E. Pilcher; E. I. Rosenberg; G. H. Sanders; A. J.S. Smith; J. J. Thaler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.951

Determination of the pion structure function from muon-pair production

C. B. Newman, K. J. Anderson, R. N. Coleman, G. E. Hogan, K. P. Karhi, K. T. McDonald, J. E. Pilcher, E. I. Rosenberg, G. H. Sanders, A. J.S. Smith, J. J. Thaler

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Data on muon-pair production by pions are used to determine the momentum distribution for valence quarks in the pion. The shape of a nucleon structure function is also obtained and is compared with a calculation based on existing data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	951-955
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	42
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.951
State	Published - 1979

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