Polarized parton distribution functions

Sep, 1990
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 66 (1991) 289-292
Report number:
  • UCSD-PTH-90-20

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Abstract: (APS)
Polarized parton distribution functions for a hadron target are defined in terms of gauge-invariant correlation functions. The polarized gluon contribution to the g1 structure function of the nucleon is computed using the modified minimal-subtraction scheme as a simple example of the calculational method. The gluon contribution to the integral of the g1 structure function is shown to vanish.
  • nucleon: structure function
  • structure function: polarization
  • polarization: structure function
  • energy spectrum: parton
  • parton: energy spectrum
  • quark: correlation function
  • gluon: correlation function
  • invariance: gauge
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • Drell-Yan process