The Flavor Asymmetry of the Light Quark Sea from Semi-inclusive Deep-inelastic Scattering

dc.creatorAckerstaff, K.
dc.date1998-07-15
dc.date1998-11-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:03:50Z
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dc.descriptionThe flavor asymmetry of the light quark sea of the nucleon is determined in the kinematic range 0.02<x<0.3 and 1 GeV^2<Q^2<10 GeV^2, for the first time from semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. The quantity (dbar(x)-ubar(x))/(u(x)-d(x)) is derived from a relationship between the yields of positive and negative pions from unpolarized hydrogen and deuterium targets. The flavor asymmetry dbar-ubar is found to be non-zero and x dependent, showing an excess of dbar over ubar quarks in the proton.
dc.description7 Pages, 2 figures, RevTeX format; slight revision in text, small change in extraction of dbar-ubar and comparison with a high q2 parameterization
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807013
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.81:5519-5523,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5519
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226947
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleThe Flavor Asymmetry of the Light Quark Sea from Semi-inclusive Deep-inelastic Scattering
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