Published October 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

QCD evolution of the spin structure functions of the neutron and proton

  • 1. Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5001 (South Australia)
  • 2. Nuclear Theory Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (USA)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (USA)

Description

Models of the long-distance behavior of QCD can be used to make predictions for the twist-two piece of the current correlation function appearing in deep-inelastic scattering. The connection between the model predictions, valid at a four-momentum transfer squared Q2 of the order of 1 (GeV/c)2, and the data, collected at much higher Q2, is provided by perturbative QCD. We present here the details of a method, previously used for spin-averaged lepton scattering, applied to the spin-dependent case. We then use the method to make predictions for the spin structure functions g1proton and g1neutron

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2226-2236
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA