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A new method for the extraction of the neutron structure functions from the combined data on the deep inelastic lepton scattering off proton and deuteron targets is proposed. The principal advantages of the method are: (i) only analyticity of the structure functions is assumed, and (ii) the spin-dependent structure functions may be considered as well, whereas the smearing factor method does not work is this case. To make clear the capabilities of the new method, we consider its application to the real data on polarized and unpolarized deuteron.
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We would like to thank Dr. G. Greeniaus, who attracted our attention to the new SMC data. One of the authors (A.U.) is very grateful to Dr. Emil Truhlik for help in this work. This work is supported in part by a grant from Ministry of Science, High School and Technical Policy of Russia and by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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Umnikov, A.Y., Khanna, F.C. & Kaptari, L.P. On the unfolding of the neutron structure functions from the deuteron data. Z. Physik A - Hadrons and Nuclei 348, 211–215 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01291919
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