NUCLEAR-BINDING AND DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING

We examine deep inelastic scattering using methods which have been suc cessfully applied to study inclusive scattering of GeV electrons by nu clei. We find that the consistent inclusion of the binding effects all ows to describe much better the data on nuclear matter to deuteron cro ss section ratios in the region of large x where binding fully account s for the deviation of the cross section ratio from one. (C) 1997 Else vier Science B.V.