Measurement of the neutron spin structure function g and asymmetry A

Autor: K. Abe, T. Akagi, B.D. Anderson, P.L. Anthony, R.G. Arnold, T. Averett, H.R. Band, C.M. Berisso, P. Bogorad, H. Borel, P.E. Bosted, V. Breton, M.J. Buenerd, G.D. Cates, T.E. Chupp, S. Churchwell, K.P. Coulter, M. Daoudi, P. Decowski, R. Erickson, J.N. Fellbaum, H. Fonvieille, R. Gearhart, V. Ghazikhanian, K.A. Griffioen, R.S. Hicks, R. Holmes, E.W. Hughes, G. Igo, S. Incerti, J.R. Johnson, W. Kahl, M. Khayat, Yu.G. Kolomensky, S.E. Kuhn, K. Kumar, M. Kuriki, R. Lombard-Nelsen, D.M. Manley, J. Marroncle, T. Maruyama, T. Marvin, W. Meyer, Z.-E. Meziani, D. Miller, G. Mitchell, M. Olson, G.A. Peterson, G.G. Petratos, R. Pitthan, R. Prepost, P. Raines, B.A. Raue, D. Reyna, L.S. Rochester, S.E. Rock, M.V. Romalis, F. Sabatie, G. Shapiro, J. Shaw, T.B. Smith, L. Sorrell, P.A. Souder, F. Staley, S.St. Lorant, L.M. Stuart, F. Suckane, Z.M. Szalata, Y. Terrien, A.K. Thompson, T. Toole, X. Wang, J.W. Watson, R.C. Welsh, F.R. Wesselmann, T. Wright, C.C. Young, B. Youngman, H. Yuta, W.-M. Zhang, P. Zyla
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Physics Letters B. 404:377-382
ISSN: 0370-2693
Popis: We have measured the neutron structure function g$_{2}^{n}$ and the virtual photon-nucleon asymmetry A$_{2}^{n}$ over the kinematic range $0.014\leq x \leq 0.7$ and $1.0 \leq Q^{2} \leq 17.0$ by scattering 48.3 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from polarized $^{3}$He. Results for A$_{2}^{n}$ are significantly smaller than the $\sqrt{R}$ positivity limit over most of the measured range and data for g$_2^{n}$ are generally consistent with the twist-2 Wandzura-Wilczek prediction. Using our measured g$_{2}^{n}$ we obtain results for the twist-3 reduced matrix element $d_{2}^{n}$, and the integral $\int$g$_{2}^{n}(x)dx$ in the range $0.014\leq x \leq 1.0$. Data from this experiment are combined with existing data for g$_{2}^{n}$ to obtain an average for $d_{2}^{n}$ and the integral $\int$g$_{2}^{n}(x)dx$.
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