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Tensor-polarized structure function $b_1$ by convolution picture for deuteron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-02-27 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

There are polarized structure functions b14b_{1-4} for the spin-1 deuteron. We calculated the leading-twist tensor structure function b1b_1 by using convolution description for the deuteron. We found large differences between our theoretical functions and HERMES experimental data on b1b_1. Although higher-twist effects should be considered in obtaining experimental b1b_1, it suggests a possible existence of new hadron physics mechanism for spin-1 hadrons. Furthermore, we found that there are significant distributions at large Bjorken xx. In future, an experimental measurement is planned at JLab for b1b_1 and there is a possibility of a proton-deuteron Drell-Yan experiment at Fermilab with the tensor-polarized deuteron, so that further theoretical studies are needed for clarifying the physics origin of tensor structure in terms of quark and gluon degrees of freedom.

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@article{arxiv.1702.07594,
  title  = {Tensor-polarized structure function $b_1$ by convolution picture for deuteron},
  author = {W. Cosyn and Yu-Bing Dong and S. Kumano and M. Sargsian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.07594},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 eps figures, 22nd International Spin Symposium (Spin-2016), University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA, September 25-30, 2016

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