Nucleon Spin Content from Elastic Form Factor Data
Abstract
I use the formalism of skewed parton distributions (SPD) to describe elastic form factors of the nucleon. The results are consistent with approximate dipole behavior of and recent JLab data for the ratio of the proton form factors at GeV. Using the Angular Momentum Sum Rule, I obtain a numerical estimate for the valence quark contributions to the nucleon spin at the level of 50%, with their orbital angular momentum {\it included}. When combined with polarized DIS measurements, this result indicated that the orbital angular momentum of quarks contributes about 25% to the nucleon spin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9910565,
title = {Nucleon Spin Content from Elastic Form Factor Data},
author = {Andrei V. Afanasev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9910565},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 eps-figures, uses sprocl.sty. Invited talk at the INT/JLab Workshop `Exclusive and Semiexclusive Processes at High Momentum Transfer', Newport News, VA, May 20-22, 1999