Measurement of the Polarized Structure Function g₁^p at HERA

1996/09/29 by Richard D. Ball, Ball, Richard D., Abhay Deshpande +11
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9609515

17 pages, plain latex, 9 figures included by epsf

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Abstract

We present estimates of possible data on spin-dependent asymmetries in inclusive scattering of high energy polarized electrons by high energy polarized protons at HERA, including statistical errors, and discuss systematic uncertainties. We show that these data would shed light on the small x behaviour of the polarized structure function g₁, and would reduce substantially the uncertainty on the determination of the polarized gluon distribution.

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