Abstract
We present a measurement of semi-inclusive spin asymmetries for positively and negatively charged hadrons from deep inelastic scattering of polarised muons on polarised protons and deuterons in the range 0.003 <x <0.7. From these asymmetries and the previously published inclusive spin asymmetries we determine, for the first time, the x-dependent spin distributions for up and down valence quarks and for non-strange sea quarks. We find that the first moments of the valence quark spin distributions are Δuv = 1.01 ± 0.19 ± 0.14 and Δdv = -0.57 ± 0.22 ± 0.11. The spin distribution function of non-strange sea quarks is consistent with zero over the measured range of x and the first moment is Δū = Δd̄ = -0.02 ± 0.09 ± 0.03.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 93-100 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physics Letters B |
| Volume | 369 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 1996 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
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