Proper identification of the gluon spin

Details Proper identification of the gluon spin Proper identification of the gluon spin

2011-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1101.5358v2

Phys.Lett.B700:21-24,2011

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

9 pages, no figure; minor editing revision, references updated

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2011.04.045

Properties of the recently proposed gauge-invariant gluon spin $S_g$ are studied and compared to the usually defined "gluon polarization" $\Delta g$. By explicit 1-loop calculations in a quark state, it is found that $S_g= \frac 59\Delta g$. Furthermore, $\frac 45$ of $S_g$ can actually be identified as a "static-field" contribution and shown to cancel exactly an analogous static term in the gluon orbital angular momentum $L_g$, leaving $S_g+L_g$ unaltered. These observations suggest that if properly identified, the gluon contribution to the nucleon spin may be drastically smaller than in the conventional wisdom.

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