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Proton spin after 30 years: what we know and what we don't?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-09-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

More than three decades has passed since the European Muon Collaboration published the first surprising result on the spin structure of the proton. Much theoretical and experimental progress has been made in understanding the origins of the proton spin. In this review, we will discuss what we have learned so far, what are still missing, and what we shall expect to learn from the upcoming experiments including JLab 12 GeV and Electron-Ion Collider. In particular, we focus on first principles calculations and experimental measurements of the total gluon helicity ΔG\Delta G, and quark and gluon orbital angular momenta.

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@article{arxiv.2009.01291,
  title  = {Proton spin after 30 years: what we know and what we don't?},
  author = {Xiangdong Ji and Feng Yuan and Yong Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.01291},
  year   = {2020}
}

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17 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Nature Review