Global Analysis of Helicity Parton Densities and Their Uncertainties

Apr, 2008
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 101 (2008) 072001
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Report number:
  • BNL-NT-08-8

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present a new analysis of the helicity parton distributions of the nucleon. The analysis takes into account the available data from inclusive and semi-inclusive polarized deep inelastic scattering, as well as from polarized pp scattering at RHIC. For the first time, all theoretical calculations are performed fully at next-to-leading order (NLO) of perturbative QCD, using a method that allows to incorporate the NLO corrections in a very fast and efficient way in the analysis. We find evidence for a rather small gluon polarization in the nucleon, over a limited region of momentum fraction, and for interesting flavor patterns in the polarized sea.
Note:
  • 4 pages, 3 figures
  • 13.88.+e
  • 13.60.Hb
  • 13.85.Ni
  • 12.38.Bx
  • lepton nucleon: deep inelastic scattering
  • lepton nucleon: inclusive reaction
  • hadron: electroproduction
  • nucleon: polarization
  • p p: inclusive reaction
  • spin: asymmetry