<i>y</i> scaling in electron-nucleus scattering

D. B. Day; J. S. McCarthy; Z. E. Meziani; R. Minehart; R. Sealock; S. T. Thornton; J. Jourdan; I. Sick; B. W. Filippone; R. D. McKeown; R. G. Milner; D. H. Potterveld; Z. Szalata

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.427

y scaling in electron-nucleus scattering

D. B. Day, J. S. McCarthy, Z. E. Meziani, R. Minehart, R. Sealock, S. T. Thornton, J. Jourdan, I. Sick, B. W. Filippone, R. D. McKeown, R. G. Milner, D. H. Potterveld, and Z. Szalata

Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 427 – Published 27 July 1987

Abstract

Data on inclusive electron scattering from A=4, 12, 27, 56, 197 nuclei at large momentum transfer are presented and analyzed in terms of y scaling. We find that the data do scale for y<0 (x>1), and we study the convergence of the scaling function with the momentum transfer $Q^{2}$ and A.