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Quark Contributions to Nucleon Momentum and Spin from Domain Wall fermion calculations

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2011-11-07 v2

Abstract

We report contributions to the nucleon spin and momentum from light quarks calculated using dynamical domain wall fermions with pion masses down to 300 MeV and fine lattice spacing a=0.084 fm. Albeit without disconnected diagrams, we observe that spin and orbital angular momenta of both u and d quarks are opposite, almost canceling in the case of the d quark, which agrees with previous calculations using a mixed quark action. We also present the full momentum dependence of n=2 generalized form factors showing little variation with the pion mass.

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@article{arxiv.1111.0718,
  title  = {Quark Contributions to Nucleon Momentum and Spin from Domain Wall fermion calculations},
  author = {S. N. Syritsyn and J. R. Green and J. W. Negele and A. V. Pochinsky and M. Engelhardt and Ph. Hagler and B. Musch and W. Schroers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.0718},
  year   = {2011}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures, NT-LBNL-11-020, MIT-CTP-4323. Presented at the 29th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2011), Squaw Valley, California, 10-16 Jul 2011