Spin structure of the proton from polarized inclusive deep-inelastic muon-proton scattering
We have measured the spin-dependent structure function g{sub 1}{sup p} in inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of polarized muons off polarized protons, in the kinematic range 0.003{lt}x{lt}0.7 and 1GeV{sup 2}{lt}Q{sup 2}{lt}60GeV{sup 2}. A next-to-leading order QCD analysis is used to evolve the measured g{sub 1}{sup p}(x,Q{sup 2}) to a fixed Q{sub 0}{sup 2}. The first moment of g{sub 1}{sup p} at Q{sub 0}{sup 2}=10GeV{sup 2} is {Gamma}{sub 1}{sup p}=0.136{plus_minus}0.013 (stat) {plus_minus}0.009 (syst) {plus_minus}0.005 (evol). This result is below the prediction of the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule by more than two standard deviations. The singlet axial charge a{sub 0} is found to be 0.28{plus_minus}0.16. In the Adler-Bardeen factorization scheme, {Delta}g{approx_equal}2 is required to bring {Delta}{Sigma} in agreement with the quark-parton model. A combined analysis of all available proton, deuteron, and {sup 3}He data confirms the Bjorken sum rule. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 543877
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Vol. 56, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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