Published September 1, 1974 | Version v1
Journal article

Angular momentum composition of the proton in the quark-parton model

Creators

  • 1. III. Physikalisches Institut, Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen, West Germany

Description

Assuming the angular momentum of a polarized proton JZ=12 to be the resultant of the total spin SZ and total orbital momentum LZ of its parton constituents (quarks and antiquarks), we find SZ=12(3FD), LZ=12(13F+D). The approzimation employed is the same as that leading to the Ellis-Jaffe sum rules for polarized electron-nucleon scattering. The result for LZ, interpreted geometrically, implies that a polarized proton possesses a significant amount of rotation. On the assumption that SZ and LZ are dominated by P and N quarks, an estimate is made of the separate contribution of these constituents.

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Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1663-1665
ISSN
0556-2821

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6170346
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARTON MODEL; POLARIZATION; PROTONS; QUARK MODEL; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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