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The intrinsic charm contribution to the proton spin

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-12-30 v1

Abstract

The charm quark contribution to the first moment of g1(x,Q2)g_1(x,Q^2) is calculated using a heavy mass expansion of the divergence of the singlet axial current. It is shown to be small.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9812393,
  title  = {The intrinsic charm contribution to the proton spin},
  author = {M. V. Polyakov and A. Schaefer and O. V. Teryaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9812393},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LATEX, 6 pages