Inelastic Electron Scattering at High Energies

Abstract

Field-theoretic model calculations for inelastic electron scattering show that (1) scaling laws must be weakly violated; (2) there is no evidence for $\frac{{\sigma }_T}{{\sigma }_S}=0\mathrm{} or \infty$; and (3) the angular spread in production amplitudes must increase as $\left|Q^2\right|$ increases and is roughly proportional to $\left|Q^2\right|$ for large $\left|Q^2\right|$, where $Q$ is the four-momentum of the virtual photon. Some experimental tests are suggested.