Precise determination of the spin structure function g(1) of the proton, deuteron and neutron

Collaboration
Sep, 2006
49 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 75 (2007) 012007
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DESY-06-142
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Precise measurements of the spin structure functions of the proton g1p(x,Q2)g_1^p(x,Q^2) and deuteron g1d(x,Q2)g_1^d(x,Q^2) are presented over the kinematic range 0.0041x0.90.0041 \leq x \leq 0.9 and 0.180.18 GeV2^2 Q220\leq Q^2 \leq 20 GeV2^2. The data were collected at the HERMES experiment at DESY, in deep-inelastic scattering of 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized positrons off longitudinally polarized hydrogen and deuterium gas targets internal to the HERA storage ring. The neutron spin structure function g1ng_1^n is extracted by combining proton and deuteron data. The integrals of g1p,dg_1^{p,d} at Q2=5Q^2=5 GeV2^2 are evaluated over the measured xx range. Neglecting any possible contribution to the g1dg_1^d integral from the region x0.021x \leq 0.021, a value of 0.330±0.011(theo.)±0.025(exp.)±0.0280.330 \pm 0.011\mathrm{(theo.)}\pm0.025\mathrm{(exp.)}\pm 0.028(evol.) is obtained for the flavor-singlet axial charge a0a_0 in a leading-twist NNLO analysis.
  • 13.60.Hb
  • 13.60.-r
  • 13.88.+e
  • 14.20.Dh
  • positron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • positron deuteron: deep inelastic scattering
  • positron: polarized beam
  • polarized target
  • polarization: longitudinal
  • p: structure function