SPIN STRUCTURE OF THE PROTON FROM POLARIZED INCLUSIVE DEEP-INELASTIC MUON-PROTON SCATTERING
Citation
D. Adams et al., SPIN STRUCTURE OF THE PROTON FROM POLARIZED INCLUSIVE DEEP-INELASTIC MUON-PROTON SCATTERING, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 56(9), 1997, pp. 5330-5358
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
SICI code
0556-2821(1997)56:9<5330:SSOTPF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We have measured the spin-dependent structure function g(1)(p) in incl
usive deep-inelastic scattering of polarized muons off polarized proto
ns, in the kinematic range 0.003<x<0.7 and I GeV2<Q(2)<60 GeV2. A next
-to-leading order QCD analysis is used to evolve the measured g(1)(p)(
x,Q(2)) to a fixed Q(0)(2). The first moment of g(1)(p) at Q(0)(2)=10
GeV2 is Gamma=0.136+/-0.013 (stat) +/-0.009 (syst) +/-0.005 (evol). Th
is result is below the prediction of the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule by more
than two standard deviations. The singlet axial charge a(0) is found t
o be 0.28+/-0.16. Ln the Adler-Bardeen factorization scheme, Delta g s
imilar or equal to 2 is required to bring Delta Sigma in agreement wit
h the quark-parton model. A combined analysis of all available proton,
deuteron, and He-3 data confirms the Bjorken sum rule.