Spin-dependent structure functions in nuclear matter and the polarized EMC effect

Details Spin-dependent structure functions in nuclear matter and the polarized EMC effect Spin-dependent structure functions in nuclear matter and the polarized EMC effect

2005-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0504019v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.95:052302,2005

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.052302

An excellent description of both spin-independent and spin-dependent quark distributions and structure functions has been obtained with a modified Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, which is free of unphysical thresholds for nucleon decay into quarks - hence incorporating an important aspect of confinement. We utilize this model to investigate nuclear medium modifications to structure functions and find that we are readily able to reproduce both nuclear matter saturation and the experimental F^A_2N / F_2N ratio, that is, the EMC effect. Applying this framework to determine g^A_1p, we find that the ratio g^A_1p / g_1p differs significantly from 1, with the quenching caused by the nuclear medium being about twice that of the spin-independent case. This represents an exciting result, which if confirmed experimentally, will reveal much about the quark structure of nuclear matter.

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