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High-energy electron scattering from nucleons revealed approximately pointlike charged constituents and scaling behavior, establishing partonic nucleon structure and driving quark acceptance.
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Deep-inelastic data underpin the QCD description of nucleon structure; exact scaling is modified by QCD evolution.
The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
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Scaling and hard scattering made quark-like partons empirically unavoidable and transformed quarks from a classification device into physical constituents.
The source experiment, observation, anomaly, or problem materially motivated the development, revision, or acceptance of the target concept. Historical influence is not logical derivation; the edge detail states the documented role and avoids retrospective origin myths.
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