Tests of QCD and non-asymptotically-free theories of the strong interaction by an analysis of the nucleon structure functions x F3, F2, and {Mathematical expression}

H. Abramowicz*, F. Dydak, J. G.H. de Groot, J. Knobloch, J. May, P. Palazzi, A. Para, F. Ranjard, D. Schlatter, J. Steinberger, H. Taureg, W. von Rüden, H. Wahl, J. Wotschack, J. Duda, F. Eisele, H. P. Klasen, K. Kleinknecht, B. Pszola, B. RenkH. J. Willutzki, T. Flottmann, C. Geweniger, J. Królikowski, J. Rothberg, K. Tittel, C. Guyot, J. P. Merlo, B. Peyaud, J. Rander, J. P. Schuller, R. Turlay, J. T. He, T. Z. Ruan, W. M. Wu

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Abstract

The scaling violations of the structure functions F2, xF3, and {Mathematical expression}, as measured in deep-inelastic neutrino-nucleon scattering at high hadron mass W, have been compared with the predictions of QCD and other candidate field theories of strong interactions. Non-asymptotically free theories with scalar and vector gluons are incompatible with the data. This leaves QCD as the only field theory that gives a consistent description of all the observed scaling violations. The data do not, however, permit a sensitive test of the existence of the gluon self-coupling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-204
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1982
Externally publishedYes

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