Abstract
Results of electron-proton inelastic scattering at 6° and 10° are discussed, and values of the structure function are estimated. If the interaction is dominated by transverse virtual photons, can be expressed as a function of within experimental errors for and , where is the invariant energy transfer and 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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