Sum rule for deep-inelastic electroproduction from polarized protons
Author(s) -
John Ellis,
R. L. Jaffe
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.9.1444
Subject(s) - physics , sum rule in quantum mechanics , deep inelastic scattering , asymmetry , particle physics , parton , electron , quark , nuclear physics , inelastic scattering , strange quark , scattering , quantum chromodynamics , quantum mechanics
A sum rule is derived for the asymmetry in deep-inelastic scattering of polarized electrons from polarized protons: ∫01dξgep(ξ)≈0.15gA. The result follows from the quark light-cone algebra and the assumption that strange quarks do not contribute to the asymmetry. The latter is justified by conventional parton-model arguments.
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