Do short-range correlations cause the nuclear EMC effect in the Deuteron?

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2020

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Wang, X.G.
Thomas, A.W.
Melnitchouk, W.

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Physical Review Letters, 2020; 125(26):262002-1-262002-6

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X. G. Wang, A. W. Thomas and W. Melnitchouk

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The relative contributions to the valence nuclear European Muon Collaboration (EMC) effect in the deuteron arising from nucleon off-shell effects and Fermi motion are examined in models which include nuclear binding and off-shell effects. Contrary to expectations, the effect of Fermi motion overwhelms the off-shell effects for nucleons in short-range correlations (SRCs), calling into question the hypothesized causal connection between SRCs and the EMC effect.

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Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

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