Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1225
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
79
Issue
7
Pages
1225-1228
Abstract
We estimate in the QCD sum rule approach the amount of the nucleon spin carried by the gluon angular momentum: the sum of the gluon spin and orbital angular momenta. The result indicates that gluons contribute at least one half of the nucleon spin at the scale of 1GeV2.
Original Publication Citation
Balitsky, I., & Ji, X. (1997). How much of the nucleon spin is carried by glue? Physical Review Letters, 79(7), 1225-1228. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1225
Repository Citation
Balitsky, Ian and Ji, Xiangdong, "How Much of the Nucleon Spin is Carried by Glue?" (1997). Physics Faculty Publications. 608.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/608
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