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The nucleon spin decomposition: news and experimental implications

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-18 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Recently, many nucleon spin decompositions have been proposed in the literature, creating a lot of confusion. This revived in particular old controversies regarding the measurability of theoretically defined quantities. We propose a brief overview of the different decompositions, discuss the sufficient requirements for measurability and stress the experimental implications.

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@article{arxiv.1401.3954,
  title  = {The nucleon spin decomposition: news and experimental implications},
  author = {Cédric Lorcé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.3954},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, contribution to the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU 2013), Sep 30-Oct 4, Rome, Italy

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