Date of Award

Spring 2000

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Physics

Committee Director

Sebastian E. Kuhn

Committee Member

Gary E. Copeland

Committee Member

Hani E. Elsayed-Ali

Committee Member

Andi Klein

Committee Member

Rocco Schiavilla

Abstract

Experiment E155 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center measured the spin structure functions g1 and g2 of the proton and deuteron using deep inelastic scattering of 50 GeV polarized electrons from dynamically polarized, solid 15NH3 and 6LiD targets. Three independent spectrometers, covering a large kinematic region, 0.014 < xBjorken < 0.9 and 1 < Q2 < 40 (GeV /c)2, detected 200 million events. A fully self-consistent and statistically sound approach to calculating radiative corrections was developed, providing well-defined statistical errors for the E155 data set. Also, a comprehensive fit to the global data set was created which simultaneously describes all existing data on p, d and n ( 3He) targets. The results represent a significant increase in the accuracy of the world data set and, together with the existing data, give improved results for the Bjorken sum rule and the quark spins. The gluon contribution to the nucleon spin is confirmed to be significant.

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DOI

10.25777/31nf-y966

ISBN

9780599754744

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