Polarized And Unpolarized Parton Distribution Functions In The Nucleon

Journal Article · Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898956· OSTI ID:21055335

Shibata, Toshi-Aki ^[1]

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1. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2-12-1, Oh-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551 (Japan)

Neutrino scattering on the nucleon, and charged lepton scattering on the nucleon provide information on the parton (quark and gluon) distributions in the nucleon. Unpolarized parton distributions represent how the nucleon's linear momentum is shared with quarks and gluons. Recently, the spin structure of the nucleon has also been studied. Polarized parton distributions show how the nucleon spin, 1/2, is constituted by quarks and gluons. Neutrino-nucleon elastic scattering can contribute to the study of the strangeness-quark spin in the nucleon.

• OSTI ID: 21055335
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 981, Issue 1; Conference: NuFact 07: 9. international workshop on neutrino factories, superbeams and beta beams, Okayama (Japan), 6-11 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2898956; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
GLUONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE STRUCTURE
POLARIZATION
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARKS
SPIN
STRANGENESS