Spin Structure Functions of the Nucleon

1995/10/20 by Xiangdong Ji, Ji, Xiangdong
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9510362

11 pages in REVTeX. Plenary talk presented at Baryon '95

arxiv created 1995/10/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

I begin with a general discussion about importance of constructing a picture of the nucleon in terms of QCD degrees of freedom, emphasizing the role of spin structure functions. I then give a short overview on the theoretical and experimental status of the spin structure of the nucleon. Following that, I mention several upcoming experiments to measure the flavor and sea structure in polarized quark distributions and the polarized gluon distribution Δg(x). Finally, I discuss other spin-related physics, such as the polarizabilities of gluon fields χ_B and χ_E, the quark transversity distribution h₁(x), and the spin structure functions G₁ and G₂ at low Q².

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