Strong nuclear enhancement of σLT from coherent mesons and the HERMES effect

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Abstract

We show that nuclear σ, ω, and π mesons can contribute coherently to σL on nuclei at low Q2, while depleting σT. We describe recent HERMES DIS data at low Q2 and small x, using photon-meson and meson-nucleus couplings which are consistent with (but not determined by) constraints from other experiments. We find that while nuclear coherent pions are not important for the present data, they could be observed at different kinematics. We provide several qualitatively new experimental predictions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-94
Number of pages8
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume699
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Feb 2002

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