Measurement of the spin-dependent structure function g1(x) of the deuteron

B. Adeva*, S. Ahmad, A. Arvidson, B. Badelek, M. K. Ballintijn, G. Bardin, G. Baum, P. Berglund, L. Betev, I. G. Bird, R. Birsa, P. Björkholm, B. E. Bonner, N. de Botton, M. Boutemeur, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, A. Brüll, J. Buchanan, S. BültmannE. Burtin, C. Cavata, J. P. Chen, J. Clement, M. Clocchiatti, M. D. Corcoran, D. Crabb, J. Cranshaw, T. Çuhadar, S. Dalla Torre, R. van Dantzig, D. Day, S. Dhawan, C. Dulya, A. Dyring, S. Eichblatt, J. C. Faivre, D. Fasching, F. Feinstein, C. Fernandez, B. Frois, C. Garabatos, J. A. Garzon, L. Gatignon, T. Gaussiran, M. Giorgi, E. von Goeler, I. A. Goloutvin, A. Gomez, G. Gracia, M. Grosse Perdekamp, W. Grübler, D. von Harrach, T. Hasegawa, P. Hautle, N. Hayashi, C. A. Heusch, N. Horikawa, V. W. Hughes, G. Igo, S. Ishimoto, T. Iwata, M. de Jong, E. M. Kabuß, R. Kaiser, A. Karev, H. J. Kessler, T. J. Ketel, I. Kiryushin, A. Kishi, Yu Kisselev, L. Klostermann, W. Knop, V. Krivokhijine, V. Kukhtin, J. Kyynäräinen, M. Lamanna, U. Landgraf, K. Lau, T. Layda, F. Lehar, A. de Lesquen, J. Lichtenstadt, T. Lindqvist, M. Litmaath, S. Lopez-Ponte, M. Lowe, A. Magnon, G. K. Mallot, F. Marie, A. Martin, J. Martino, B. Mayes, J. S. McCarthy, G. van Middelkoop, D. Miller, J. Mitchell, K. Mori, J. Moromisato, G. S. Mutchler, J. Nassalski, L. Naumann, B. Neganov, T. O. Niinikoski, J. E.J. Oberski, S. Okumi, A. Penzo, G. Perez, F. Perrot-Kunne, D. Peshekhonov, R. Piegaia, L. Pinsky, S. Platchkov, M. Plo, D. Pose, H. Postma, T. Pussieux, J. Pyrlik, J. M. Rieubland, A. Rijllart, J. B. Roberts, M. Rodriguez, E. Rondio, L. Ropelewski, A. Rosado, I. Sabo, J. Saborido, G. Salvato, A. Sandacz, D. Sanders, I. Savin, P. Schiavon, P. Schüler, R. Segel, R. Seitz, S. Sergeev, F. Sever, P. Shanahan, G. Smirnov, A. Staude, A. Steinmetz, H. Stuhrmann, K. M. Teichert, F. Tessarotto, W. Thiel, S. Trentalange, Y. Tzamouranis, M. Velasco, J. Vogt, R. Voss, R. Weinstein, C. Whitten, R. Windmolders, W. Wislicki, A. Witzmann, A. Yañez, N. I. Zamiatin, A. M. Zanetti

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Abstract

We report on the first measurement of the spin-dependent structure function g1d of the deuteron in the deep inelastic scattering of polarised muons off polarised deuterons, in the kinematical range 0.006<x<0.6, 1 GeV2<Q2<30 GeV2. The first moment, Γ1d=sh{phonetic}01 g1d dx=0.023±0.020 (stat.) ± 0.015 (syst.), is smaller than the prediction of the Ellis-Jaffe sum rules. Using earlier measurements of g1p, we infer the first moment of the spin-dependent neutron structure function g1n. The difference Γ1p1n=0.20 ±0.05 (stat.) ± 0.04 (syst.) agrees with the prediction of the Bjorken sum rule, Γ1p1n=0.191 ±0.002.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)533-539
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume302
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 1993
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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