Measurements of R = $\sigma$(L)/sigma(T) for 0.03 < x < 0.1 and fit to world data.

The E143 collaboration Abe, K. ; Akagi, T. ; Anthony, P.L. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 452 (1999) 194-200, 1999.
Inspire Record 475305 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.28090

Measurements were made at SLAC of the cross section for scattering 29 GeV electrons from carbon at a laboratory angle of 4.5 degrees, corresponding to 0.03&lt;x&lt;0.1 and 1.3&lt;Q^2&lt;2.7 GeV^2. Values of R=sigma_L/sigma_T were extracted in this kinematic range by comparing these data to cross sections measured at a higher beam energy by the NMC collaboration. The results are in reasonable agreement with pQCD calculations and with extrapolations of the R1990 parameterization of previous data. A new fit is made including these data and other recent results.

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