MASS EFFECTS ON THE NUCLEON SEA STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS

Abstract

Nucleon sea structure functions are studied using Dokshitzer–Gribov–Lipatov–Altarelli–Parisi (DGLAP) equations with the massive gluon–quark splitting kernels for strange and charm quarks, the massless gluon–quark splitting kernels for up and down quarks, and the massless kernels for all other splitting parts. The SU (2)f flavor symmetry for two light quarks, "up" and "down", is assumed. Glück–Reya–Vogt (GRV) and Martin–Roberts–Stirling (MRS) sets are chosen to be the base structure functions at [Formula: see text]. We evolve the sea structure functions from [Formula: see text] to Q2= 50 GeV 2 using the base structure function sets and DGLAP equations. Some (about 10%) enhancement is found in the strange quark distribution functions at low x (<0.1) in leading order of the DGLAP equations compared to results directly from those structure function sets at the value of Q2=50 GeV 2. We provide the value of κ and also show the behavior of [Formula: see text] after the evolution of structure functions.