Abstract

We show the density dependent corrections to the nucleon structure function in the frame of nuclear Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) models. These corrections are connected with the modifications of the parton distribution in nuclei emerging from generalized nuclear Fermi motion and final state interactions between the nucleon and the rest of the nucleus. The medium effects concern the nucleon structure, namely the changes in the nucleon rest energy, the enhancement of sea quark contribution (simulated with "nuclear pions") and the modifications of the transverse parton momentum distribution inside Nuclear Matter (NM). The sea parton distributions are described by the modified cloud of virtual pions in order to saturate the nuclear energy-momentum sum rule. The description of theses features are in good agreement with experimental data; the EMC effect for x > 0.15 and nuclear lepton pair production data has been described essentialy without free parameters. The influence of these medium modifications to the nucleon structure function within the equation of state in RMF models of NM will be discussed.

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