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  • Neutral-current weak intera...
    Zhao, Y. X.; Deshpande, A.; Huang, J.; Kumar, K. S.; Riordan, S.

    The European physical journal. A, Hadrons and nuclei, 03/2017, Volume: 53, Issue: 3
    Journal Article

    . A simulation study of measurements of neutral current structure functions of the nucleon at the future high-energy and high-luminosity polarized electron-ion collider (EIC) is presented. A new series of γ - Z interference structure functions, F 1 γ Z , F 3 γ Z , g 1 γ Z , g 5 γ Z become accessible via parity-violating asymmetries in polarized electron-nucleon deep inelastic scattering (DIS). Within the context of the quark-parton model, they provide a unique and, in some cases, yet-unmeasured combination of unpolarized and polarized parton distribution functions. The uncertainty projections for these structure functions using electron-proton collisions are considered for various EIC beam energy configurations. Also presented are uncertainty projections for measurements of the weak mixing angle sin 2 θ W using electron-deuteron collisions which cover a much higher Q 2 than that accessible in fixed target measurements. QED and QCD radiative corrections and effects of detector smearing are included with the calculations.