Experimental determination of the structure function of the pion

Authors

D. McCal, University of Rochester
J. LeBritton, University of Rochester
W. Metcalf, University of Rochester
A. C. Melissinos, University of Rochester
J. Alspector, University of Rochester
S. Borenstein, University of Rochester
G. Kalbfleisch, University of Rochester
R. C. Strand, University of Rochester
A. Abashian, University of Rochester

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-27-1979

Abstract

It was shown in the preceeding letter that dimuon production by 22 GeV pions proceeds in part through qq̄ annihilations in agreement with the Drell-Yan model. Using these data we extract the quark distribution function of the pion. Comparison of our structure function with that obtained from data at higher energy reveals differences compatible with the QCD calculations of the Q2-dependence (scale breaking) of the pion structure function. © 1979.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physics Letters B

First Page

432

Last Page

436

Recommended Citation

McCal, D., LeBritton, J., Metcalf, W., Melissinos, A., Alspector, J., Borenstein, S., Kalbfleisch, G., Strand, R., & Abashian, A. (1979). Experimental determination of the structure function of the pion. Physics Letters B, 85 (4), 432-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(79)91290-5