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Title: Transverse Force on Quarks in DIS

Journal Article · · Physical Review D
OSTI ID:956242

The $x^2$-moment of the twist-3 polarized parton distribution $$g_2(x)$$ is related to the transverse force acting on the active quark in deep-inelastic scattering off a transversely polarized nucleon immediately after it has absorbed the virtual photon. Lattice calculations of the corresponding matrix element as well as experimental measurements of $$g_2(x)$$ are used to estimate sign and magnitude of this force. Similarly, the $x^2$-moment of the chirally odd twist-3 unpolarized parton distribution $e(x)$ can be related to the transverse force experienced by a transversely polarized quark ejected from a transversely polarized nucleon.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-060R23177
OSTI ID:
956242
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-08-912; 0810.3589; DOE/OR/23177-0547; PRVDAQ; TRN: US1004962
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D; ISSN 1550-7998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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