Measurement of Inclusive Spin Structure Functions of the Deuteron with CLAS
We report the results of a new measurement of spin structure functions of the deuteron in the region of moderate momentum transfer (Q{sup 2} = 0.27 -- 1.3 (GeV/c){sup 2}) and final hadronic state mass in the nucleon resonance region (W = 1.08 -- 2.0 GeV). We scattered a 2.5 GeV polarized continuous electron beam at Jefferson Lab off a dynamically polarized cryogenic solid state target ({sup 15}ND{sub 3}) and detected the scattered electrons with the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). From our data, we extract the longitudinal double spin asymmetry A{sub {parallel}} and the spin structure function g{sub 1}{sup d}. Our data are generally in reasonable agreement with existing data from SLAC where they overlap, and they represent a substantial improvement in statistical precision. We compare our results with expectations for resonance asymmetries and extrapolated deep inelastic scaling results. Finally, we evaluate the first moment of the structure function g{sub 1}{sup d} and study its approach to both the deep inelastic limit at large Q{sup 2} and to the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule at the real photon limit (Q{sup 2}-0). We find that the first moment varies rapidly in the Q{sup 2} range of our experiment and crosses zero at Q{sup 2} between 0.5 and 0.8 (GeV/c){sup 2}, indicating the importance of the {Delta} resonance at these momentum transfers.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 807185
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-02-71; DOE/ER/40150-2422; hep-ex/0212044; TRN: US0301757
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: No journal information given for this preprint; PBD: 1 Dec 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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