Effect of the Fermi motion on nuclear structure functions and the EMC effect

Abstract

The effect of the Fermi motion on nuclear structure function at largeQ2 (the EMC effect) is discussed in detail. We especially study its dependences on the kinematics of interaction, the 4-momentum transferQ2, the nucleon momentum distribution inside nucleus and the nuclear mass number. Moreover the structure function of12C at very largex such asx>1 is evaluated by only the nuclear Fermi motion, and related problems are discussed. We also point out a new dynamical mechanism expected to produce the depletion of valence quark inside nucleus for intermediatex, which does not encroach upon the conventional nuclear physics, and discuss it along the line of scaling hypothesis proposed by Date et al.