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arxiv: 1110.5160 · v1 · pith:5RIWZVPLnew · submitted 2011-10-24 · ✦ hep-ph

Gluon polarization in the proton

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords boundgluonpolarizationprotonargumentscombinecompassconsistent
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We combine heavy-quark renormalization group arguments with our understanding of the nucleon's wavefunction to deduce a bound on the gluon polarization Delta g in the proton. The bound is consistent with the values extracted from spin experiments at COMPASS and RHIC.

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