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Title: The Spin of The Proton: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Abstract

The physics of the spin structure of the proton is reviewed. The EMC experiment and the follow-up ones have shown that the quark spin carries about 1/4 of the spin of the proton. The suspected large gluon polarization is under intense studies with various experimental tools. Generalized parton distributions probed in deeply-virtual Compton scattering allows reconstruction of quark orbital angular momentum.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20895056
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 870; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: CIPAN2006: 9. conference on intersections of particle and nuclear physics, Rio Grande (Puerto Rico), 30 May - 3 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2402689; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; COMPTON EFFECT; GLUONS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION; PROTONS; QUARKS; SPIN

Citation Formats

Xiangdong, Ji. The Spin of The Proton: Looking Back and Looking Forward. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2402689.
Xiangdong, Ji. The Spin of The Proton: Looking Back and Looking Forward. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2402689
Xiangdong, Ji. 2006. "The Spin of The Proton: Looking Back and Looking Forward". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2402689.
@article{osti_20895056,
title = {The Spin of The Proton: Looking Back and Looking Forward},
author = {Xiangdong, Ji},
abstractNote = {The physics of the spin structure of the proton is reviewed. The EMC experiment and the follow-up ones have shown that the quark spin carries about 1/4 of the spin of the proton. The suspected large gluon polarization is under intense studies with various experimental tools. Generalized parton distributions probed in deeply-virtual Compton scattering allows reconstruction of quark orbital angular momentum.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2402689},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20895056}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 870,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Fri Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}