Gluon polarization in the proton

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.83.038202· OSTI ID:21499535

Bass, Steven D; Casey, Andrew; Thomas, Anthony W ^[1]

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1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universitaet Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria (Austria)

We combine heavy-quark renormalization group arguments with our understanding of the nucleon's wave function to deduce a bound on the gluon polarization {Delta}g in the proton. The bound is consistent with the values extracted from spin experiments at COMPASS and RHIC.

• OSTI ID: 21499535
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.83.038202; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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