The generalized parton distribution H and E of the 3He nucleus, which can be measured in hard exclusive processes such as coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering, are thoroughly analyzed in impulse approximation, within the Av18 interaction. It is found that their sum, at low momentum transfer, is dominated to a large extent by the neutron contribution: the peculiar spin structure of 3He makes this target unique for the extraction of the neutron information. This observation allows access, in dedicated experiments, to the orbital angular momentum of the partons in the neutron.
Neutron orbital structure from generalized parton distributions of 3He
RINALDI, MATTEO;SCOPETTA, Sergio
2012
Abstract
The generalized parton distribution H and E of the 3He nucleus, which can be measured in hard exclusive processes such as coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering, are thoroughly analyzed in impulse approximation, within the Av18 interaction. It is found that their sum, at low momentum transfer, is dominated to a large extent by the neutron contribution: the peculiar spin structure of 3He makes this target unique for the extraction of the neutron information. This observation allows access, in dedicated experiments, to the orbital angular momentum of the partons in the neutron.File in questo prodotto:
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