Precision measurements of $g_1$ of the proton and the deuteron with 6 GeV electrons

The CLAS collaboration Prok, Y. ; Bosted, P. ; Kvaltine, N. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 90 (2014) 025212, 2014.
Inspire Record 1292133 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.64411

The inclusive polarized structure functions of the proton and deuteron, g1p and g1d, were measured with high statistical precision using polarized 6 GeV electrons incident on a polarized ammonia target in Hall B at Jefferson Laboratory. Electrons scattered at lab angles between 18 and 45 degrees were detected using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). For the usual DIS kinematics, Q^2>1 GeV^2 and the final-state invariant mass W>2 GeV, the ratio of polarized to unpolarized structure functions g1/F1 is found to be nearly independent of Q^2 at fixed x. Significant resonant structure is apparent at values of W up to 2.3 GeV. In the framework of perturbative QCD, the high-W results can be used to better constrain the polarization of quarks and gluons in the nucleon, as well as high-twist contributions.

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Results for G1(P)/F1(P) for the proton in bins of (XB;Q**2), along with average kinematic values and correction factors for each bin. All values are averaged over the event distribution.

Results for G1(DEUT)/F1(DEUT) for the deuteron in bins of (XB;Q**2), along with average kinematic values and correction factors for each bin. All values are averaged over the event distribution.

Results for G1(P)/F1(P) for the proton in bins of (W;Q**2), along with average kinematic values and correction factors for each bin. All values are averaged over the event distribution.

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The Q**2-dependence of the neutron spin structure function g2(n) at low Q**2.

Kramer, K. ; Armstrong, D.S. ; Averett, T.D. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 142002, 2005.
Inspire Record 684137 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31614

We present the first measurement of the Q^2-dependence of the neutron spin structure function g_2^n at five kinematic points covering 0.57 (GeV/c)^2 <= Q^2 <= 1.34 (GeV/c)^2 at x~0.2. Though the naive quark-parton model predicts g_2=0, non-zero values for g_2 occur in more realistic models of the nucleon which include quark-gluon correlations, finite quark masses or orbital angular momentum. When scattering from a non-interacting quark, $g_2^n$ can be predicted using next-to-leading order fits to world data for g_1^n. Deviations from this prediction provide an opportunity to examine QCD dynamics in nucleon structure. Our results show a positive deviation from this prediction at lower Q^2, indicating that contributions such as quark-gluon interactions may be important. Precision data obtained for g_1^n are consistent with next-to-leading order fits to world data.

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Measured values of G1N ang G2N.


Precision measurement of the neutron spin asymmetry A(1)(n) and spin-flavor decomposition in the valence quark region.

The Jefferson Lab Hall A collaboration Zheng, X. ; Aniol, K. ; Armstrong, D.S. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 92 (2004) 012004, 2004.
Inspire Record 625890 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31679

We have measured the neutron spin asymmetry $A_1^n$ with high precision at three kinematics in the deep inelastic region at $x=0.33$, 0.47 and 0.60, and $Q^2=2.7$, 3.5 and 4.8 (GeV/c)$^2$, respectively. Our results unambiguously show, for the first time, that $A_1^n$ crosses zero around $x=0.47$ and becomes significantly positive at $x=0.60$. Combined with the world proton data, polarized quark distributions were extracted. Our results, in general, agree with relativistic constituent quark models and with perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD) analyses based on the earlier data. However they deviate from pQCD predictions based on hadron helicity conservation.

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Measured values of A1 and G1/F1.


Next-to-leading order QCD analysis of polarized deep inelastic scattering data.

The E154 collaboration Abe, K. ; Akagi, T. ; Anderson, B.D. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 405 (1997) 180-190, 1997.
Inspire Record 443186 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.27078

We present a Next-to-Leading order perturbative QCD analysis of world data on the spin dependent structure functions $g_1^p, g_1^n$, and $g_1^d$, including the new experimental information on the $Q^2$ dependence of $g_1^n$. Careful attention is paid to the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. The data constrain the first moments of the polarized valence quark distributions, but only qualitatively constrain the polarized sea quark and gluon distributions. The NLO results are used to determine the $Q^2$ dependence of the ratio $g_1/F_1$ and evolve the experimental data to a constant $Q^2 = 5 GeV^2$. We determine the first moments of the polarized structure functions of the proton and neutron and find agreement with the Bjorken sum rule.

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Data from the 2.75 degree spectrometer.

Data from the 2.75 degree spectrometer evolved to a mean Q**2 of 5 GeV**2 using the MSBAR parameterization. The second systematic error is due to the evolution.

Data from the 5.5 degree spectrometer.

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Precision determination of the neutron spin structure function g1(n).

The E154 collaboration Abe, K. ; Akagi, T. ; Anderson, B.D. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 79 (1997) 26-30, 1997.
Inspire Record 443170 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19559

We report on a precision measurement of the neutron spin structure function $g^n_1$ using deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons by polarized ^3He. For the kinematic range 0.014&lt;x&lt;0.7 and 1 (GeV/c)^2&lt; Q^2&lt; 17 (GeV/c)^2, we obtain $\int^{0.7}_{0.014} g^n_1(x)dx = -0.036 \pm 0.004 (stat) \pm 0.005 (syst)$ at an average $Q^2=5 (GeV/c)^2$. We find relatively large negative values for $g^n_1$ at low $x$. The results call into question the usual Regge theory method for extrapolating to x=0 to find the full neutron integral $\int^1_0 g^n_1(x)dx$, needed for testing quark-parton model and QCD sum rules.

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