학술논문

Measurements of the $Q^2$-Dependence of the Proton and Neutron Spin Structure Functions g1p and g1n
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Phys.Lett.B493:19-28,2000
Subject
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Language
Abstract
The structure functions g1p and g1n have been measured over the range 0.014 < x < 0.9 and 1 < Q2 < 40 GeV2 using deep-inelastic scattering of 48 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from polarized protons and deuterons. We find that the Q2 dependence of g1p (g1n) at fixed x is very similar to that of the spin-averaged structure function F1p (F1n). From a NLO QCD fit to all available data we find $\Gamma_1^p - \Gamma_1^n =0.176 \pm 0.003 \pm 0.007$ at Q2=5 GeV2, in agreement with the Bjorken sum rule prediction of 0.182 \pm 0.005.
Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Physics Letters B