Experimental Study of the Behavior of the Bjorken Sum at Very Low Q²

Authors

A. Deur
J. P. Chen
S. E. Kuhn, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
C. Peng
M. Ripani
V. Sulkosky
K. Adhikari, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
M. Battaglieri
V. D. Burkert
G. D. Cates
R. De Vita
G.E. Dodge, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
L. El Fassi, Old Dominion University
F. Garibaldi
H. Kang
M. Osipenko
J. T. Singh
K. Slifer
J. Zhang
X. Zheng

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136878

Publication Title

Physics Letters B

Volume

825

Pages

136878 (1-5)

Abstract

We present new data on the Bjorken sum ^-Γ ^p-n₁ (Q²) at 4-momentum transfer 0.021 ≤ Q² ≤ 0.496 GeV². The data were obtained in two experiments performed at Jefferson Lab: EG4 on polarized protons and deuterons, and E97110 on polarized ³He from which neutron data were extracted. The data cover the domain where chiral effective field theory (χEFT), the leading effective theory of the Strong Force at large distances, is expected to be applicable. We find that our data and the predictions from χEFT are only in marginal agreement. This is somewhat surprising as the contribution from the Δ(1232) resonance is suppressed in this observable, which should make it more reliably predicted by χEFT than quantities in which the Δ contribution is important. The data are also compared to a number of phenomenological models with various degrees of agreement.

Comments

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Original Publication Citation

Deur, A., Chen, J.P., Kuhn, S.E. ... Slifer, K., Zhang, J., Zheng, X. (2022) Experimental study of the behavior of the Bjorken sum at very low Q². Physics Letters B. 825, 1-5, Article 136878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.136878

ORCID

0000-0003-2243-6836 (Kuhn), 0000-0003-1582-2376 (Dodge)

Repository Citation

Deur, A.; Chen, J. P.; Kuhn, S. E.; Peng, C.; Ripani, M.; Sulkosky, V.; Adhikari, K.; Battaglieri, M.; Burkert, V. D.; Cates, G. D.; De Vita, R.; Dodge, G.E.; Fassi, L. El; Garibaldi, F.; Kang, H.; Osipenko, M.; Singh, J. T.; Slifer, K.; Zhang, J.; and Zheng, X., "Experimental Study of the Behavior of the Bjorken Sum at Very Low Q²" (2022). Physics Faculty Publications. 567.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/567