Q2 dependence of the neutron spin structure function g2n at low Q2

  • K. Kramer
  • , D. S. Armstrong
  • , T. D. Averett
  • , W. Bertozzi
  • , S. Binet
  • , C. Butuceanu
  • , A. Camsonne
  • , G. D. Cates
  • , J. P. Chen
  • , Seonho Choi
  • , E. Chudakov
  • , F. Cusanno
  • , A. Deur
  • , P. Djawotho
  • , D. Dutta
  • , J. M. Finn
  • , H. Gao
  • , F. Garibaldi
  • , O. Gayou
  • , R. Gilman
  • A. Glamazdin, V. Gorbenko, K. A. Griffioen, J. O. Hansen, D. W. Higinbotham, W. Hinton, T. Horn, C. W. De Jager, X. Jiang, W. Korsch, J. Lerose, D. Lhuillier, N. Liyanage, D. J. Margaziotis, K. McCormick, Z. E. Meziani, R. Michaels, B. Milbrath, B. Moffit, S. Nanda, C. F. Perdrisat, R. Pomatsalyuk, V. Punjabi, B. Reitz, J. Roche, R. Roché, M. Roedelbronn, N. Savvinov, J. Secrest, J. Singh, S. Širca, K. Slifer, P. Solvignon, D. J. Steiner, R. Suleiman, V. Sulkosky, A. Tobias, A. Vacheret, Y. Xiao, X. Zheng, J. Zhou, L. Zhu, X. Zhu, P. A. Zołnierczuk

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Abstract

We present the first measurement of the Q2 dependence of the neutron spin structure function g2n at five kinematic points covering 0.57(GeV/c) 2â‰Q2â‰1.34(GeV/c)2 at xâ‰σ0.2. Though the naive quark-parton model predicts g2=0, nonzero values occur in more realistic models of the nucleon which include quark-gluon correlations, finite quark masses, or orbital angular momentum. When scattering from a noninteracting quark, g2n can be predicted using next-to-leading order fits to world data for g1n. Deviations from this prediction provide an opportunity to examine QCD dynamics in nucleon structure. Our results show a positive deviation from this prediction at lower Q2, indicating that contributions such as quark-gluon interactions may be important. Precision data obtained for g1n are consistent with next-to-leading order fits to world data.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number142002
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume95
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 30 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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