TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the proton spin structure
AU - Lorcé, Cédric
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Understanding the spin structure of the proton is one of the main challenges in hadronic physics. While the concepts of spin and orbital angular momentum are pretty clear in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, the generalization of these concepts to quantum field theory encounters serious difficulties. It is however possible to define meaningful decompositions of the proton spin that are (in principle) measurable. We propose a summary of the present situation including recent developments and prospects of future developments.
AB - Understanding the spin structure of the proton is one of the main challenges in hadronic physics. While the concepts of spin and orbital angular momentum are pretty clear in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, the generalization of these concepts to quantum field theory encounters serious difficulties. It is however possible to define meaningful decompositions of the proton spin that are (in principle) measurable. We propose a summary of the present situation including recent developments and prospects of future developments.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-25619-1_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-25619-1_17
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84955254441
SN - 9783319256177
T3 - Springer Proceedings in Physics
SP - 105
EP - 113
BT - 21st DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics Symposium, Proceedings 2014
A2 - Bhuyan, Bipul
PB - Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
T2 - 21st DAE-BRNS Symposium on High Energy Physics, HEP 2014
Y2 - 8 December 2014 through 12 December 2014
ER -