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Canonical and kinetic decompositions of the proton spin

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-03-02 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We propose a short summary of the present situation concerning the proton spin decomposition. We briefly discuss some of the main controversies about the issues of gauge invariance, uniqueness and measurability. As a conclusion, we argue that part of the controversies is actually undecidable.

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@article{arxiv.1302.0111,
  title  = {Canonical and kinetic decompositions of the proton spin},
  author = {Cédric Lorcé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0111},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

4 pages, contribution to the proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on the QCD Structure of the Nucleon (QCD-N'12), Oct 22-26, Bilbao, Spain