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Structure Functions and the Spin of the Nucleon: From HERMES to COMPASS

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The HERMES and SMC experiments have determined the contribution of different quark flavors to the nucleon spin in a large range of Bjorken-x via semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering. The main goal of the COMPASS experiment is to measure the gluon polarization in the nucleon. In all experiments a polarized lepton is scattered off a polarized nucleon. Latest results from HERMES and perspectives for COMPASS running in 2001 and beyond are presented.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0106021,
  title  = {Structure Functions and the Spin of the Nucleon: From HERMES to COMPASS},
  author = {F. H. Heinsius},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0106021},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, Contribution to the XXXVIth Rencontres de Moriond - "QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions" - Les Arcs (Fr), March 17-24, 2001