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Observed Behavior of Highly Inelastic Electron-Proton Scattering

M. Breidenbach, J. I. Friedman, H. W. Kendall, E. D. Bloom, D. H. Coward, H. DeStaebler, J. Drees, L. W. Mo, and R. E. Taylor
Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 935 – Published 20 October 1969
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Abstract

Results of electron-proton inelastic scattering at 6° and 10° are discussed, and values of the structure function W2 are estimated. If the interaction is dominated by transverse virtual photons, νW2 can be expressed as a function of ω=2Mνq2 within experimental errors for q2>1 (GeV/c)2 and ω>4, where ν is the invariant energy transfer and q2 is the invariant momentum transfer of the electron. Various theoretical models and sum rules are briefly discussed.

  • Received 22 August 1969

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.935

©1969 American Physical Society

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High-energy collisions between electrons and protons produced the first indications, published in 1969, that smaller constituent particles lurked inside protons.

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M. Breidenbach, J. I. Friedman, and H. W. Kendall*

  • Department of Physics and Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

E. D. Bloom, D. H. Coward, H. DeStaebler, J. Drees, L. W. Mo, and R. E. Taylor

  • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California 94305

  • *Work supported in part through funds provided by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission under Contract No. AT(30-1)2098.
  • Work supported by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Vol. 23, Iss. 16 — 20 October 1969

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