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Impact parameter dependence of parton densities at low x

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v3

Abstract

We consider impact parameter dependence of the polarized and unpolarized parton densities. Unitarity does not allow factorization of these structure functions over the Bjorken x and the impact parameter b variables. On the basis of the particular geometrical model approach we conclude that spin of constituent quark may have a significant orbital angular momentum component which can manifest itself through the peripherality of the spin dependent structure functions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0010235,
  title  = {Impact parameter dependence of parton densities at low x},
  author = {S. M. Troshin and N. E. Tyurin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0010235},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of the Workshop Diffraction 2000, Cetraro, Italy, 2-7 September 2000