The spin-dependent structure function g1(x) of the proton from polarized deep-inelastic muon scattering

  • B. Adeva
  • , E. Arik
  • , A. Arvidson
  • , B. Badelek
  • , G. Bardin
  • , G. Baum
  • , P. Berglund
  • , L. Betev
  • , R. Birsa
  • , N. de Botton
  • , F. Bradamante
  • , A. Bravar
  • , A. Bressan
  • , S. Bültmann
  • , E. Burtin
  • , D. Crabb
  • , J. Cranshaw
  • , T. Çuhadar
  • , S. Dalla Torre
  • , R. van Dantzig
  • B. Derro, A. Deshpande, S. Dhawan, C. Dulya, S. Eichblatt, D. Fasching, F. Feinstein, C. Fernandez, S. Forthmann, B. Frois, A. Gallas, J. A. Garzon, H. Gilly, M. Giorgi, S. Goertz, G. Gracia, N. de Groot, K. Haft, P. Hautle, N. Hayashi, C. A. Heusch, N. Horikawa, V. W. Hughes, G. Igo, S. Ishimoto, T. Iwata, E. M. Kabuß, T. Kageya, A. Karev, T. J. Ketel, J. Kiryluk, Y. Kisselev, V. Krivokhijine, W. Kröger, V. Kuktin, K. Kurek, J. Kyynäräinen, M. Lamanna, U. Landgraf, J. M. Le Goff, F. Lehar, A. de Lesquen, J. Lichtenstadt, M. Litmaath, A. Magnon, G. K. Mallot, F. Marie, A. Martin, J. Martino, T. Matsuda, B. Mayes, J. S. McCarthy, K. Medved, W. Meyer, G. van Middelkoop, D. Miller, Y. Miyachi, K. Mori, J. Moromisato, J. Nassalski, L. Naumann, T. O. Niinikoski, J. E.J. Oberski, A. Ogawa, M. Perdekamp, H. Pereira, F. Perrot-Kunne, D. Peshekhonov, L. Pinsky, S. Platchkov, M. Plo, D. Pose, H. Postma, J. Pretz, R. Puntaferro, G. Rädel, A. Rijllart, G. Reicherz, M. Rodriguez, E. Rondio

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Abstract

We present a new measurement of the virtual photon proton asymmetry Ap1 from deep inelastic scattering of polarized muons on polarized protons in the kinematic range 0.0008 <x <0.7 and 0.2 <Q2 <100 GeV2. With this, the statistical uncertainty of our measurement has improved by a factor of 2 compared to our previous measurements. The spin-dependent structure function gp1 is determined for the data with Q2 > 1 GeV2. A perturbative QCD evolution in next-to-leading order is used to determine gp1(x) at a constant Q2. At Q2 = 10 GeV2 we find, in the measured range, ∫0.70.003 gp1(x)d x = 0.139 ± 0.006(stat) ± 0.008(syst) ± 0.006 (evol). The value of the first moment Γp1 = ∫10gp1(x)dx of gp1 depends on the approach used to describe the behaviour of gp1 at low x. We find that the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule is violated. With our published result for Γd1 we confirm the Bjorken sum rule with an accuracy of ≈ 15% at the one standard deviation level. © 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)414-424
Number of pages11
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume412
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Oct 1997
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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