DRELL-YAN PROCESSES AS A PROBE OF CHARGE SYMMETRY VIOLATION IN THE PION AND NUCLEON

Abstract

We extend earlier investigations of charge symmetry violation in the valence quark distributions of the nucleon, and make similar estimates for the pion. The sensitivity of pion-induced Drell-Yan measurements to such effects is then examined. It is shown that combinations of $\pi^+$ and $\pi^-$ data on deuterium and hydrogen are sensitive to these violations, and that the pion and nucleon charge symmetry violating terms separate as a function of $x_\pi$ and $x_N$ respectively. We estimate the background terms which must be evaluated to extract charge symmetry violation.