We investigate the shadowing phenomenon observed in deep inelastic lepton-nucleus
scattering in the region of small x using a generalization of the vector meson dominance
model which includes both the low mass vector meson resonances and the higher mass
quark-antiquark continuum in the photon spectral function. Our description is consistent with
the nucleon structure function F 2 N (Q 2, x) in the low x region, including its scaling
properties. We find that the nuclear multiple scattering of hadronic components of the virtual …

Subject: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; FLAVOR MODEL; LEPTON
REACTIONS; DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING; CROSS SECTIONS; DEUTERIUM TARGET;
MUON REACTIONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE RADII; QUARK-HADRON
INTERACTIONS; QUARKS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RESCATTERING; SHADOW EFFECT;
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; VIRTUAL PARTICLES; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS;
COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; …