Use the quark distributions of Figure 8.7 to make a rough estimate of the fraction of the

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Use the quark distributions of Figure 8.7 to make a rough estimate of the fraction of the proton momentum in a high-momentum frame that is carried by its quark and antiquark constituents. To what would you ascribe the €˜missing momentum?


Figure 8.7

1.0 xq(x) 0.8 -xV(x) 0.6 0.4 0.2 rą(x) 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.8

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Particle Physics

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Authors: Brian R. Martin, Graham Shaw

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