Orbiting Valence Quarks and their Influence on the Structure Functions of the Nucleon
1997 ◽
Vol 12
(12)
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pp. 827-836
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Keyword(s):
Sum Rule
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It is shown that intrinsic orbital motion of the valence quarks has large influences on the spin-dependent as well as the spin-averaged nucleon structure functions. Its connection with the observed "very small contribution of quark spin to nucleon spin" and the observed violation of Gottfried sum rule is discussed.