Published February 1, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Studies of the transverse spin-dependent structure function g2(x,Q2)

  • 1. Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (USA)

Description

We study the transverse spin-dependent nucleon structure function g2(x,Q2) in leading order at large Q2. After reviewing the operator-product-expansion analysis of g2(x,Q2) we calculate the twist-3 contributions which arise from quark-gluon interactions and quark masses in the bag model. The result confirms the presence of significant twist-3 effects in g2(x,Q2). We discuss two questions raised by our analysis: the validity of the Burkhardt-Cottingham sum rule and the relation to previous calculations of g2(x,Q2) in versions of the parton model

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Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
724-732
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA