Neutron structure function and A=3 mirror nuclei

We investigate deep inelastic scattering from He-3 and H-3 within a convent ional convolution treatment of binding and Fermi motion effects. Using real istic Faddeev wave functions together with a nucleon spectral function, we demonstrate that the free neutron structure function can be extracted in de ep-inelastic scattering from A = 3 mirror nuclei, with nuclear effects canc eling to within 2% for x less than or similar to 0.85. (C) 2000 Elsevier Sc ience B.V. All rights reserved.