Quark-parton model of nuclear production

Abstract

We propose a quark-parton model of a nucleus viewed in a high-momentum frame. We use it to calculate deep-inelastic lepton scattering, lepton pair production, $W$-boson production, particle production at large $x$ and small $p_T$, and cumulative production of particles at backward angles in high-energy hadron-nucleus collisions. Predictions are compared with experimental data. Good agreement between theory and experiment is demonstrated.