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How to measure the pion structure function at HERA

H. Holtmann, G. Levman, N. N. Nikolaev, A. Szczurek, J. Speth

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9602229

Abstract

We suggest a method of determination of the pion structure function down to x 10-4 based on semi-exclusive deep inelastic scattering off protons. The idea is to exploit the nonperturbative πN$ and πΔFock components of the nucleon, which contribute significantly to deep inelastic scattering and dominate the fragmentation of protons into fast neutrons and deltas. The intrinsic factorization properties of the semi-exclusive cross section give a good test for the validity of this approach.

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