The quantum-mechanical origin of nuclear shadowing

D. Kharzeev; H. Satz

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(94)90742-0

The quantum-mechanical origin of nuclear shadowing

D. Kharzeev
, H. Satz

Physics and Astronomy

Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We show that both the shadowing and anti-shadowing observed in hadron and photon interactions with nuclei are due to quantum-mechanical coherence and interference. As such, they differ in different reactions and cannot be treated as nuclear modifications of parton structure functions. We apply this to hadron- and photon-induced charmonium production on nuclear targets, obtaining shadowing in the first case and anti-shadowing in the latter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	361-368
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	327
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90742-0
State	Published - May 19 1994

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