Determination of the neutron spin structure function
P.L. Anthony(American University), R. G. Arnold(American University), H. R. Band(American University), H. Borel(American University), P. Bosted(American University), Vincent Breton(American University), G. D. Cates(American University), T. E. Chupp(American University), Franz Dietrich(American University), J. Dunne(American University), R. Erbacher(American University), J. Fellbaum(American University), H. Fonvieille(American University), R. Gearhart(American University), R. Holmes(American University), E. W. Hughes(American University), J. R. Johnson(American University), D. Kawall(American University), C. E. Keppel(American University), Sebastian Kühn(American University), R. M. Lombard-Nelsen(American University), J. Marroncle(American University), T. Maruyama(American University), W. Meyer(American University), Z.-E. Meziani(American University), H. Middleton(American University), J. Morgenstern(American University), Nathan R. Newbury(American University), G. G. Petratos(American University), R. Pitthan(American University), R. Prepost(American University), Y. Roblin(American University), S. E. Rock(American University), S. Rokni(American University), G. Shapiro(American University), T Smith(American University), P. A. Souder(American University), M. Spengos(American University), F. Staley(American University), L. M. Stuart(American University), Z. M. Szalata(American University), Y. Terrien(American University), A. K. Thompson(American University), J. L. White(American University), M. Woods(American University), Jun Xu(American University), C. C. Young(American University), G. Zapalac(American University)
Cited by 495Open Access
Abstract
The spin structure function of the neutron ${\mathit{g}}_{1}^{\mathit{n}}$ has been determined over the range 0.03x0.6 at an average ${\mathit{Q}}^{2}$ of 2 (GeV/c${)}^{2}$ by measuring the asymmetry in deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons from a polarized $^{3}\mathrm{He}$ target at energies between 19 and 26 GeV. The integral of the neutron spin structure function is found to be ${\mathcal{F}}_{0}^{1}$${\mathit{g}}_{1}^{\mathit{n}}$(x)dx=-0.022\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.011. Earlier reported proton results together with the Bjorken sum rule predict ${\mathcal{F}}_{0}^{1}$${\mathit{g}}_{1}^{\mathit{n}}$(x)dx=-0.059\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.019.
Related Papers
No related papers found
Powered by citation graph analysis