Kinematics of deep inelastic scattering in leading order of the covariant approach

Abstract

We study the kinematics of deep inelastic scattering corresponding to the rotationally symmetric distribution of quark momenta in the nucleon rest frame. It is shown that rotational symmetry together with Lorentz invariance can in leading order impose constraints on the quark intrinsic momenta. Obtained constraints are discussed and compared with the available experimental data.