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Are valence quarks rotating?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-10-30 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We suggest to compare the deep inelastic scattering structure functions measured in the unpolarized charged-lepton scattering off a transversely polarized proton and off a longitudinally polarized proton at larger Bjorken variable xx, one may get a direct evidence concerning the valence quark orbital angular momentum in the proton. This possible rotating effect is estimated by using a proton-ensemble model.

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@article{arxiv.1210.7313,
  title  = {Are valence quarks rotating?},
  author = {Wei Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.7313},
  year   = {2012}
}

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9 pages and 2 figures

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