20 research outputs found
The QCD Spin Structure of Nucleons (Summary of Parallel Session 2)
This paper attempts to summarise the highlights of the talks presented in
Parallel Session II of the SPIN 2004 Symposium dedicated to the QCD spin
structure of nucleons. Emphasis is put on new data and theoretical
developments.Comment: 10 pages, 14 Figures, Part of Spin 2004 Proceeding
Future Programme of COMPASS at CERN
COMPASS at CERN is preparing for a new series of measurements on the nucleon
structure comprising deep virtual Compton scattering and hard exclusive meson
production using muon beams, as well as Drell-Yan reactions using a polarised
proton target and a negative pion beam. The former will mainly constrain the
generalised parton distribution H and determine the transverse size of the
nucleon, while the latter measurements will provide information on
transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions. The projected
results of the programme and the necessary hardware upgrades are discussed.Comment: 4 Pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of DIS2012, Bon
Deep inelastic scattering from unpolarised targets
In this paper the experimental status of unpolarised structure functions is
reviewed. In particular the latest results from the NMC, E665, CCFR, and HERA
experiments are discussed. Emphasis is put on the fixed-target experiments,
which cover with high precision the x region relevant for the present polarised
DIS experiments.Comment: 25 pages, LaTeX, Invited Talk given at the International School of
Nucleon Structure, 1st Course: The Spin Structure of the Nucleon, Erice,
Italy, 3--10 August 1995, to be published by World Scientifi
The Spin Structure of the Nucleon
This article reviews our present understanding of QCD spin physics: the
proton spin puzzle and new developments aimed at understanding the transverse
structure of the nucleon. We discuss present experimental investigations of the
nucleon's internal spin structure, the theoretical interpretation of the
different measurements and the open questions and challenges for future
investigation.Comment: Review, 43 pages, 23 figures, to appear in Reviews of Modern Physic
The COMPASS spectrometer at CERN
The COMPASS spectrometer was designed for the NA58 fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS. The physics aim is the study of the spin structure of the nucleon and the spectroscopy of hadrons with muon and hadron beams. Several novel techniques like Micromegas, GEMs and straw tracking detectors were deployed as well as large area CsI- based photo detectors for the RICH. A powerful DAQ and custom front- end electronics allow very high data rates. The paper focuses on the performance of the spectrometer during the first physics run in 2002 in which 5 billion events corresponding to 260 TByte of data were collected with a 160 GeV muon beam and polarised deuteron target