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Octet spin fractions and the proton spin problem.
P E Shanahan1, A W Thomas1, K Tsushima1
1CSSM and ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Tera-scale, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Physical Review Letters
|August 29, 2014
Summary
The proton
Area of Science:
- Nuclear Physics
- Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
Background:
- The proton's spin fraction carried by quarks is a significant challenge in understanding the strong interaction.
- Previous research involved experiments and Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) studies of the nucleon.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if the observed spin suppression in protons is a general property or specific to baryon structure.
- To explore quark spin contributions in other baryon octet members using lattice QCD.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing recent advancements in lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).
- Extracting quark spin fractions for various baryon octet members.
- Comparing lattice QCD results with a theoretical model incorporating confinement, relativity, gluon exchange, and meson cloud effects.
Main Results:
- Determined quark spin fractions for members of the baryon octet.
- Found that the spin suppression observed in protons may depend on baryon structure.
- Achieved satisfactory agreement between lattice QCD calculations and the theoretical model.
Conclusions:
- The spin carried by quarks in the proton is not a universal property across all baryons.
- Lattice QCD provides a powerful tool for studying nucleon spin structure.
- The theoretical model shows good agreement with lattice QCD results, validating its components.
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