One-Pion Exchange and Deep-Inelastic Electron-Nucleon Scattering

Abstract

The role of one-pion exchange is examined in the deep-inelastic region for electron-nucleon scattering. Exclusive channels like $\pi N$, $\pi \Delta$ will contribute negligible, nonscaling contributions to ${\sigma }_S$. On the other hand, inclusive final states like $N$ + "anything," where the detected final nucleon is slow in the lab system, afford the opportunity to experimentally determine the structure functions for electron-pion scattering provided the characteristic one-pion-exchange structure (dip or peak) is observed at small momentum transfer.