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$^3$He spin-dependent structure functions within the relativistic Light-Front Hamiltonian dynamics

Nuclear Theory 2024-06-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

3^3He spin-dependent structure functions, g13(x)g^3_1(x) and g23(x)g^3_2(x), which parametrize the hadronic tensor in polarized deep-inelastic scattering, were evaluated within the Poincar\'e covariant light-front framework. The Bakamjian-Thomas construction of the Poincar\'e generators allows us to make use of a realistic 3^3He wave function, obtained from refined nuclear phenomenological potentials. The same approach was already successfully applied to the 3^3He and 4^4He unpolarized deep-inelastic scattering. To investigate the neutron polarized structure functions, g1ng^n_1 and g2ng^n_2, a readily implementable procedure, aimed at extracting the neutron spin structure functions from those of 3^3He, is shown to hold. Moreover, the first moment of g13(x)g^3_1(x) was evaluated, aiming at providing a valuable check of the Bjorken sum rule. The present analysis is relevant for experiments nvolving polarized beams planned at the future facilities, like the Electron Ion Colliders.

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@article{arxiv.2406.15010,
  title  = {$^3$He spin-dependent structure functions within the relativistic Light-Front Hamiltonian dynamics},
  author = {Eleonora Proietti and Filippo Fornetti and Emanuele Pace and Matteo Rinaldi and Giovanni Salmè and Sergio Scopetta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.15010},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages, 7 figures

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