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Title: Unveiling the proton spin decomposition at a future electron-ion collider

Abstract

We present a detailed assessment of how well a future electron-ion collider could constrain helicity parton distributions in the nucleon and, therefore, unveil the role of the intrinsic spin of quarks and gluons in the proton’s spin budget. Any remaining deficit in this decomposition will provide the best indirect constraint on the contribution due to the total orbital angular momenta of quarks and gluons. Specifically, all our studies are performed in the context of global QCD analyses based on realistic pseudodata and in the light of the most recent data obtained from polarized proton-proton collisions at BNL-RHIC that have provided evidence for a significant gluon polarization in the accessible, albeit limited range of momentum fractions. We also present projections on what can be achieved on the gluon’s helicity distribution by the end of BNL-RHIC operations. As a result, all estimates of current and projected uncertainties are performed with the robust Lagrange multiplier technique.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Univ., Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  3. Univ. of Tubingen, Tubingen (Germany)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1235888
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1227038
Report Number(s):
BNL-111726-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998; PRVDAQ; R&D Project: PO 004; KB0202012
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; SC0012704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Aschenauer, Elke C., Sassot, Rodolfo, and Stratmann, Marco. Unveiling the proton spin decomposition at a future electron-ion collider. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.094030.
Aschenauer, Elke C., Sassot, Rodolfo, & Stratmann, Marco. Unveiling the proton spin decomposition at a future electron-ion collider. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.094030
Aschenauer, Elke C., Sassot, Rodolfo, and Stratmann, Marco. Tue . "Unveiling the proton spin decomposition at a future electron-ion collider". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.094030. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235888.
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abstractNote = {We present a detailed assessment of how well a future electron-ion collider could constrain helicity parton distributions in the nucleon and, therefore, unveil the role of the intrinsic spin of quarks and gluons in the proton’s spin budget. Any remaining deficit in this decomposition will provide the best indirect constraint on the contribution due to the total orbital angular momenta of quarks and gluons. Specifically, all our studies are performed in the context of global QCD analyses based on realistic pseudodata and in the light of the most recent data obtained from polarized proton-proton collisions at BNL-RHIC that have provided evidence for a significant gluon polarization in the accessible, albeit limited range of momentum fractions. We also present projections on what can be achieved on the gluon’s helicity distribution by the end of BNL-RHIC operations. As a result, all estimates of current and projected uncertainties are performed with the robust Lagrange multiplier technique.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.92.094030},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
number = 9,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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