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| Title | The g2p Experiment: A Measurement of the Proton's Spin Structure Functions | ||||
| Abstract | The E08-027 (g2p) experiment measured the spin structure functions of the proton at Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Va. Longitudinally polarized electrons were scattered from a transversely and longitudinally polarized solid ammonia target in Hall A, with the polarized NH$_3$ acting as an effective proton target. Focusing on small scattering angle events at the electron energies available at Jefferson Lab, the experiment covered a kinematic phase space of 0.02 GeV$^2$ $< Q^2 <$ 0.20 GeV$^2$ in the proton's resonance region. The spin structure functions, $g_{1}^p(x,Q^2)$ and $g_{2}^p(x,Q^2)$ , are extracted from an inclusive polarized cross section measurement of the electron-proton interaction. Integrated moments of $g_1(x,Q^2)$ are calculated and compared to theoretical predictions made by Chiral Perturbation Theory. The $g_1(x,Q^2)$ results are in agreement with previous measurements, but include a significant increase in statistical precision. The spin structure function contr | ||||
| Author(s) | Ryan Zielinski | ||||
| Publication Date | September 2017 | ||||
| Document Type | Thesis | ||||
| Primary Institution | University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH | ||||
| Affiliation | Exp Nuclear Physics / Experimental Halls / Hall A | ||||
| Funding Source | Nuclear Physics (NP) | ||||
| Proprietary? | No | ||||
| This publication conveys | Technical Science Results | ||||
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| Associated with an experiment | Yes | ||||
| Experiment Number(s) |
E08-027
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| Associated with EIC | No | ||||
| Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding | No |
Thesis
| Thesis Type | PhD |
| Advisor | Institution |
| 1. Karl Slifer | UNH |
Attachments/Datasets/DOI Link
| Document(s) |
1708.08297.pdf
(STI Document)
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| Dataset(s) | (none) |
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