The deep inelastic electron scattering cross sections per nucleon o\ for d, He, Be, C, Al, Ca, Fe, Ag, and Au were measured in the kinematic range 0.09 < * < 0.9 and 2 < Q 2 < 15 (GeV/c)* using electrons with energies ranging from 8 to 24.S GeV. The ratio °AI 0 & * consistent with unity in the range 0.1 < x < 0.3. For 0.3 < * < 0.8, the ratio decreases logarithmically with atomic weight A, or linearly with average nuclear density. No Q 2 dependence in the ratio was observed over the kinematic range of the data. MASTER * Work supported in part by the Department of Energy contracts DE-AC03-76SF00515 (SLAC) and DE-AC02-76ER13065 (Rochester), and National Science Foundation Grant PHY83-40337 (American University).
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