Ebook: Spin Structure of the Nucleon

A comprehensive survey of the most recent results from the field of quark-gluon structure of the nucleon, in particular how the spin of the nucleon is shared by its constituents. After very intriguing results from CERN and SLAC at the end of the 1980s, the last decade has seen a set of second-generation experiments at high energy accelerators that have yielded precise information on the solution of the 'Spin Crisis' - as well as opening up new questions. The articles are written by experts from the leading collaboration and theory groups as well as providing an expert summary of the state of the art, the book points the way to future research directions. Its main focus is on semi-inclusive and exclusive measurements of deep inelastic lepton scattering, which enables for the first time the determination of the flavor-separated quark spin distributions. Future developments on generalized parton distributions and their interpretation as well as the transverse spin structure are also covered. An indispensable volume for all working in hadronic physics.

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A comprehensive survey of the most recent results from the field of quark-gluon structure of the nucleon, in particular how the spin of the nucleon is shared by its constituents. After very intriguing results from CERN and SLAC at the end of the 1980s, the last decade has seen a set of second-generation experiments at high energy accelerators that have yielded precise information on the solution of the 'Spin Crisis' - as well as opening up new questions. The articles are written by experts from the leading collaboration and theory groups as well as providing an expert summary of the state of the art, the book points the way to future research directions. Its main focus is on semi-inclusive and exclusive measurements of deep inelastic lepton scattering, which enables for the first time the determination of the flavor-separated quark spin distributions. Future developments on generalized parton distributions and their interpretation as well as the transverse spin structure are also covered. An indispensable volume for all working in hadronic physics.

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A comprehensive survey of the most recent results from the field of quark-gluon structure of the nucleon, in particular how the spin of the nucleon is shared by its constituents. After very intriguing results from CERN and SLAC at the end of the 1980s, the last decade has seen a set of second-generation experiments at high energy accelerators that have yielded precise information on the solution of the 'Spin Crisis' - as well as opening up new questions. The articles are written by experts from the leading collaboration and theory groups as well as providing an expert summary of the state of the art, the book points the way to future research directions. Its main focus is on semi-inclusive and exclusive measurements of deep inelastic lepton scattering, which enables for the first time the determination of the flavor-separated quark spin distributions. Future developments on generalized parton distributions and their interpretation as well as the transverse spin structure are also covered. An indispensable volume for all working in hadronic physics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Spin Structure of the Nucleon at SLAC....Pages 1-8
Flavor Structure of the Nucleon as Revealed at HERMES....Pages 9-20
Generalized Parton Distributions: What Do they Really Mean?....Pages 21-35
Physics Objectives for Future Studies of the Spin Structure of the Nucleon....Pages 37-49
Quark Distributions in Polarized ? Meson and Its Comparison with Those in Pion....Pages 51-59
Nucleon Electromagnetic Form Factors....Pages 61-74
Hadron Production and Lambda Polarization in DIS....Pages 75-83
Electroproduction of Real Photons via DVCS at HERMES....Pages 85-94
Spin and Azimuthal Asymmetries in DIS....Pages 95-108
Nuclear Attenuation in SIDIS....Pages 109-120
HERMES Results on the Generalised GDH Integrals....Pages 121-131
Single Spin Asymmetry in Heavy Quark Photoproduction (and Decay) as a Test of PQCD....Pages 133-140
TESLA Polarimeters....Pages 141-148
HERA Transverse Polarimeter Absolute Scale and Error by Rise-Time Calibration....Pages 149-156
The Transverse Polarized Target of the HERMES Experiment....Pages 157-166
Exclusive Meson Production at HERMES....Pages 167-172
Transverse Polarization of ? Hyperons Produced Inclusively in eN Scattering at HERMES....Pages 173-181
The COMPASS Experiment at CERN....Pages 183-190
Charm Production at HERA using the ZEUS Detector....Pages 191-199
Spin Physics of Vector Meson Production at HERMES....Pages 201-210
A Future Electron Ion Collider....Pages 211-219
Polarization Observables in the N??(1232) Transition....Pages 221-234
Ultraperipheral Photoproduction of Vector Mesons in the Nuclear Coulomb Field and the Size of Neutral Vector Mesons....Pages 235-242
Crossing Symmetry Violation in the Process of Lepton Pair Production in Relativistic Ion Collisions Compared with the Crossing Process....Pages 243-251
Back Matter....Pages 253-263
....Pages 265-270