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A calculation on physical partons

Вычисление фиэических партонов

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

Summary

The Landshoff-Polkinghorne model for deep inelastic lepton scattering is considered in a context in which partons (quarks) are treated as physical particles. This approach is complemented by the hypothesis that the asymptotic behaviour of the scaling functionF 2(ω) for electroproduction is due to a diffractive mechanism for which a model is constructed. As a result, a value for the quark mass is found.

Riassunto

Si studia il modello di Landshoff e Polkinghorne per lo scattering leptonico anelastico profondo in un contesto in cui si trattano i partoni (quark) come particelle fisiche. Si completa questo approccio con l’ipotesi che il comportamento asintotico della funzione di scalaF 1(ω) per l’elettroproduzione sia dovuta ad un meccanismo di diffrazione, per il quale si costruisce un modello. Come risultato si ottiene un valore della massa del quark.

Реэюме

Модель Лендщоффа-Полкин гхорна для глубоко неупругого лептон-ного рассеяния рассматривается в том плане, что партоны (кварки) трактуются как фиэические частицы. Этот подход дополняется гипотеэой, что асимптотическое поведение масщтабной функцииF 2(ω) для злектророждения обусловлено диффра-кционным механиэмом, для которого конструируется модель. Как реэультат, получается масса кварка.

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  1. J. A. De Azcárraga

    Present address: Departamento de Física Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Barcelona-14

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De Azcárraga, J.A. A calculation on physical partons. Nuov Cim A 8, 621–634 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722731

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