Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-01-08
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A18 (2003) 1211-1218
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
8 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure. Talk given at the 3rd Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics, Beijing, China, Octo
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217751X03014538
The flavor-dependent valence, sea quark and antiquark spin distributions can be determined separately from theoretical assumptions and experimental data. We have determined the valence distributions using the Bjorken sum rule and have extracted polarized sea distributions, assuming that the quarks and anti-quarks for each flavor are symmetric. Other experiments have been proposed which will allow us to completely break the SU(3) symmetry of the sea flavors. To create a physical model for the polarized gluons, we investigate the gluon spin asymmetry in a proton, $A_G(x,Q^2)={{\Delta G(x,Q^2)}\over {G(x,Q^2)}}$. By assuming that htis is is approximately $Q^2$ invariant, we can completely determine the $x$-dependence of this asymmetry, which satisfies constituent counting rules and reproduces the basic results of the Bremsstrahlung model originated by Close and Sivers. This asymmetry can be combined with the measured unpolarized gluon density, $G(x,Q^2)$ to provide a prediction for $\Delta G(x,Q^2)$. Existing and proposed experiments can test both the prediction of scale-invariance for $A_G(x,Q^2)$ and the nature of $\Delta G$ itself. These models will be discussed along with suggestions for specific experiments which can be performed at energies typical of HERA, RHIC and LHC to determine these polarized distributions.
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