Measurement of the x- and Q2-dependence of the asymmetry A1 on the nucleon

K. V. Dharmawardane; S. E. Kuhn; P. Bosted; Y. Prok; G. Adams; P. Ambrozewicz; M. Anghinolfi; G. Asryan; H. Avakian; H. Bagdasaryan; N. Baillie; J. P. Ball; N. A. Baltzell; S. Barrow; V. Batourine; M. Battaglieri; K. Beard; I. Bedlinskiy; M. Bektasoglu; M. Bellis; N. Benmouna; A. S. Biselli; B. E. Bonner; S. Bouchigny; S. Boiarinov; R. Bradford; D. Branford; W. K. Brooks; S. Bültmann; V. D. Burkert; C. Butuceanu; J. R. Calarco; S. L. Careccia; D. S. Carman; B. Carnahan; A. Cazes; S. Chen; P. L. Cole; P. Collins; P. Coltharp; D. Cords; P. Corvisiero; D. Crabb; H. Crannell; V. Crede; J. P. Cummings; R. De Masi; R. DeVita; E. De Sanctis; P. V. Degtyarenko; H. Denizli; L. Dennis; A. Deur; C. Djalali; G. E. Dodge; J. Donnelly; D. Doughty; P. Dragovitsch; M. Dugger; S. Dytman; O. P. Dzyubak; H. Egiyan; K. S. Egiyan; L. Elouadrhiri; P. Eugenio; R. Fatemi; G. Fedotov; R. J. Feuerbach; T. A. Forest; H. Funsten; M. Garçon; G. Gavalian; G. P. Gilfoyle; K. L. Giovanetti; F. X. Girod; J. T. Goetz; E. Golovatch; A. Gonenc; R. W. Gothe; K. A. Griffioen; M. Guidal; M. Guillo; N. Guler; L. Guo; V. Gyurjyan; C. Hadjidakis; K. Hafidi; R. S. Hakobyan; J. Hardie; D. Heddle; F. W. Hersman; K. Hicks; I. Hleiqawi; M. Holtrop; M. Huertas; C. E. Hyde-Wright; Y. Ilieva; D. G. Ireland; B. S. Ishkhanov; E. L. Isupov; M. M. Ito; D. Jenkins; H. S. Jo; K. Joo; H. G. Juengst; C. Keith; J. D. Kellie; M. Khandaker; K. Y. Kim; K. Kim; W. Kim; A. Klein; F. J. Klein; M. Klusman; M. Kossov; L. H. Kramer; V. Kubarovsky; J. Kuhn; S. V. Kuleshov; J. Lachniet; J. M. Laget; J. Langheinrich; D. Lawrence; Ji Li; A. C.S. Lima; K. Livingston; H. Lu; K. Lukashin; M. MacCormick; J. J. Manak; N. Markov; S. McAleer; B. McKinnon; J. W.C. McNabb; B. A. Mecking; M. D. Mestayer; C. A. Meyer; T. Mibe; K. Mikhailov; R. Minehart; M. Mirazita; R. Miskimen; V. Mokeev; L. Morand; S. A. Morrow; M. Moteabbed; J. Mueller; G. S. Mutchler; P. Nadel-Turonski; J. Napolitano; R. Nasseripour; S. Niccolai; G. Niculescu; I. Niculescu; B. B. Niczyporuk; M. R. Niroula; R. A. Niyazov; M. Nozar; G. V. O'Rielly; M. Osipenko; A. I. Ostrovidov; K. Park; E. Pasyuk; C. Paterson; S. A. Philips; J. Pierce; N. Pivnyuk; D. Pocanic; O. Pogorelko; E. Polli; S. Pozdniakov; B. M. Preedom; J. W. Price; D. Protopopescu; L. M. Qin; B. A. Raue; G. Riccardi; G. Ricco; M. Ripani; B. G. Ritchie; F. Ronchetti; G. Rosner; P. Rossi; D. Rowntree; P. D. Rubin; F. Sabatié; C. Salgado; J. P. Santoro; V. Sapunenko; R. A. Schumacher; V. S. Serov; Y. G. Sharabian; J. Shaw; N. V. Shvedunov; A. V. Skabelin; E. S. Smith; L. C. Smith; D. I. Sober; A. Stavinsky; S. S. Stepanyan; S. Stepanyan; B. E. Stokes; P. Stoler; I. I. Strakovsky; S. Strauch; R. Suleiman; M. Taiuti; S. Taylor; D. J. Tedeschi; U. Thoma; R. Thompson; A. Tkabladze; S. Tkachenko; L. Todor; C. Tur; M. Ungaro; M. F. Vineyard; A. V. Vlassov; L. B. Weinstein; D. P. Weygand; M. Williams; E. Wolin; M. H. Wood; A. Yegneswaran; J. Yun; L. Zana; J. Zhang; B. Zhao; Z. Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.08.011

Measurement of the x- and Q²-dependence of the asymmetry A₁ on the nucleon

K. V. Dharmawardane, S. E. Kuhn, P. Bosted, Y. Prok, G. Adams, P. Ambrozewicz, M. Anghinolfi, G. Asryan, H. Avakian, H. Bagdasaryan, N. Baillie, J. P. Ball, N. A. Baltzell, S. Barrow, V. Batourine, M. Battaglieri, K. Beard, I. Bedlinskiy, M. Bektasoglu, M. BellisN. Benmouna, A. S. Biselli, B. E. Bonner, S. Bouchigny, S. Boiarinov, R. Bradford, D. Branford, W. K. Brooks, S. Bültmann, V. D. Burkert, C. Butuceanu, J. R. Calarco, S. L. Careccia, D. S. Carman, B. Carnahan, A. Cazes, S. Chen, P. L. Cole, P. Collins, P. Coltharp, D. Cords, P. Corvisiero, D. Crabb, H. Crannell, V. Crede, J. P. Cummings, R. De Masi, R. DeVita, E. De Sanctis, P. V. Degtyarenko, H. Denizli, L. Dennis, A. Deur, C. Djalali, G. E. Dodge, J. Donnelly, D. Doughty, P. Dragovitsch, M. Dugger, S. Dytman, O. P. Dzyubak, H. Egiyan, K. S. Egiyan, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, R. Fatemi, G. Fedotov, R. J. Feuerbach, T. A. Forest, H. Funsten, M. Garçon, G. Gavalian, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, J. T. Goetz, E. Golovatch, A. Gonenc, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, M. Guillo, N. Guler, L. Guo, V. Gyurjyan, C. Hadjidakis, K. Hafidi, R. S. Hakobyan, J. Hardie, D. Heddle, F. W. Hersman, K. Hicks, I. Hleiqawi, M. Holtrop, M. Huertas, C. E. Hyde-Wright, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, M. M. Ito, D. Jenkins, H. S. Jo, K. Joo, H. G. Juengst, C. Keith, J. D. Kellie, M. Khandaker, K. Y. Kim, K. Kim, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, M. Klusman, M. Kossov, L. H. Kramer, V. Kubarovsky, J. Kuhn, S. V. Kuleshov, J. Lachniet, J. M. Laget, J. Langheinrich, D. Lawrence, Ji Li, A. C.S. Lima, K. Livingston, H. Lu, K. Lukashin, M. MacCormick, J. J. Manak, N. Markov, S. McAleer, B. McKinnon, J. W.C. McNabb, B. A. Mecking, M. D. Mestayer, C. A. Meyer, T. Mibe, K. Mikhailov, R. Minehart, M. Mirazita, R. Miskimen, V. Mokeev, L. Morand, S. A. Morrow, M. Moteabbed, J. Mueller, G. S. Mutchler, P. Nadel-Turonski, J. Napolitano, R. Nasseripour, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, B. B. Niczyporuk, M. R. Niroula, R. A. Niyazov, M. Nozar, G. V. O'Rielly, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, K. Park, E. Pasyuk, C. Paterson, S. A. Philips, J. Pierce, N. Pivnyuk, D. Pocanic, O. Pogorelko, E. Polli, S. Pozdniakov, B. M. Preedom, J. W. Price, D. Protopopescu, L. M. Qin, B. A. Raue, G. Riccardi, G. Ricco, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, F. Ronchetti, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, D. Rowntree, P. D. Rubin, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, J. P. Santoro, V. Sapunenko, R. A. Schumacher, V. S. Serov, Y. G. Sharabian, J. Shaw, N. V. Shvedunov, A. V. Skabelin, E. S. Smith, L. C. Smith, D. I. Sober, A. Stavinsky, S. S. Stepanyan, S. Stepanyan, B. E. Stokes, P. Stoler, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, R. Suleiman, M. Taiuti, S. Taylor, D. J. Tedeschi, U. Thoma, R. Thompson, A. Tkabladze, S. Tkachenko, L. Todor, C. Tur, M. Ungaro, M. F. Vineyard, A. V. Vlassov, L. B. Weinstein, D. P. Weygand, M. Williams, E. Wolin, M. H. Wood, A. Yegneswaran, J. Yun, L. Zana, J. Zhang, B. Zhao, Z. Zhao

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Abstract

We report results for the virtual photon asymmetry A₁ on the nucleon from new Jefferson Lab measurements. The experiment, which used the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer and longitudinally polarized proton (¹⁵NH₃) and deuteron (¹⁵ND₃) targets, collected data with a longitudinally polarized electron beam at energies between 1.6 GeV and 5.7 GeV. In the present Letter, we concentrate on our results for A₁ (x, Q²) and the related ratio g₁ / F₁ (x, Q²) in the resonance and the deep inelastic regions for our lowest and highest beam energies, covering a range in momentum transfer Q² from 0.05 to 5.0 (GeV / c)² and in final-state invariant mass W up to about 3 GeV. Our data show detailed structure in the resonance region, which leads to a strong Q²-dependence of A₁ (x, Q²) for W below 2 GeV. At higher W, a smooth approach to the scaling limit, established by earlier experiments, can be seen, but A₁ (x, Q²) is not strictly Q²-independent. We add significantly to the world data set at high x, up to x = 0.6. Our data exceed the SU (6)-symmetric quark model expectation for both the proton and the deuteron while being consistent with a negative d-quark polarization up to our highest x. This data set should improve next-to-leading order (NLO) pQCD fits of the parton polarization distributions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-17
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	641
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2006.08.011
State	Published - Sep 28 2006

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the staff of the Accelerator and the Physics Divisions at Jefferson Lab that made this experiment possible. This work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, the Italian Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the French Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, the Emmy Noether grant from the Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft and the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation. The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-84ER-40150.

Keywords

Nucleon structure
Spin structure functions

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Dharmawardane, K. V., Kuhn, S. E., Bosted, P., Prok, Y., Adams, G., Ambrozewicz, P., Anghinolfi, M., Asryan, G., Avakian, H., Bagdasaryan, H., Baillie, N., Ball, J. P., Baltzell, N. A., Barrow, S., Batourine, V., Battaglieri, M., Beard, K., Bedlinskiy, I., Bektasoglu, M., ... Zhao, Z. (2006). Measurement of the x- and Q²-dependence of the asymmetry A₁ on the nucleon. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 641(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2006.08.011

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AU - Ball, J. P.

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AU - Bültmann, S.

AU - Burkert, V. D.

AU - Butuceanu, C.

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AU - Dragovitsch, P.

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AU - Eugenio, P.

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AU - Garçon, M.

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N1 - Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the staff of the Accelerator and the Physics Divisions at Jefferson Lab that made this experiment possible. This work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, the Italian Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the French Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, the Emmy Noether grant from the Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft and the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation. The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-84ER-40150.

PY - 2006/9/28

Y1 - 2006/9/28

N2 - We report results for the virtual photon asymmetry A1 on the nucleon from new Jefferson Lab measurements. The experiment, which used the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer and longitudinally polarized proton (15NH3) and deuteron (15ND3) targets, collected data with a longitudinally polarized electron beam at energies between 1.6 GeV and 5.7 GeV. In the present Letter, we concentrate on our results for A1 (x, Q2) and the related ratio g1 / F1 (x, Q2) in the resonance and the deep inelastic regions for our lowest and highest beam energies, covering a range in momentum transfer Q2 from 0.05 to 5.0 (GeV / c)2 and in final-state invariant mass W up to about 3 GeV. Our data show detailed structure in the resonance region, which leads to a strong Q2-dependence of A1 (x, Q2) for W below 2 GeV. At higher W, a smooth approach to the scaling limit, established by earlier experiments, can be seen, but A1 (x, Q2) is not strictly Q2-independent. We add significantly to the world data set at high x, up to x = 0.6. Our data exceed the SU (6)-symmetric quark model expectation for both the proton and the deuteron while being consistent with a negative d-quark polarization up to our highest x. This data set should improve next-to-leading order (NLO) pQCD fits of the parton polarization distributions.

AB - We report results for the virtual photon asymmetry A1 on the nucleon from new Jefferson Lab measurements. The experiment, which used the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer and longitudinally polarized proton (15NH3) and deuteron (15ND3) targets, collected data with a longitudinally polarized electron beam at energies between 1.6 GeV and 5.7 GeV. In the present Letter, we concentrate on our results for A1 (x, Q2) and the related ratio g1 / F1 (x, Q2) in the resonance and the deep inelastic regions for our lowest and highest beam energies, covering a range in momentum transfer Q2 from 0.05 to 5.0 (GeV / c)2 and in final-state invariant mass W up to about 3 GeV. Our data show detailed structure in the resonance region, which leads to a strong Q2-dependence of A1 (x, Q2) for W below 2 GeV. At higher W, a smooth approach to the scaling limit, established by earlier experiments, can be seen, but A1 (x, Q2) is not strictly Q2-independent. We add significantly to the world data set at high x, up to x = 0.6. Our data exceed the SU (6)-symmetric quark model expectation for both the proton and the deuteron while being consistent with a negative d-quark polarization up to our highest x. This data set should improve next-to-leading order (NLO) pQCD fits of the parton polarization distributions.

KW - Nucleon structure

KW - Spin structure functions

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U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.08.011

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.08.011

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:33748468962

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 641

SP - 11

EP - 17

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 1

ER -