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The Theory of the Nucleon Spin

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

I discuss two topics of current interest in the study of the spin structure of the nucleon. First, I discuss whether there is a sum rule for the components of the nucleon's angular moments. Second, I discuss the measurement of the nucleon's transversity distribution in light of recent results reported by the HERMES collaboration at DESY.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0008038,
  title  = {The Theory of the Nucleon Spin},
  author = {R. L. Jaffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0008038},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages, 8 figures, LaTeX using rspublic.cls and BoxedEPS macros; as submitted to Phil Trans A of the Royal Society for forthcoming volume: The Quark Structure of Matter; email correspondence to [email protected]