1304.4497 (P. Solvignon et al.)

Moments of the neutron $g_2$ structure function at intermediate $Q^2$    [PDF]

P. Solvignon, N. Liyanage, J. -P. Chen, Seonho Choi, K. Slifer, K. Aniol, T. Averett, W. Boeglin, A. Camsonne, G. D. Cates, C. C. Chang, E. Chudakov, B. Craver, F. Cusanno, A. Deur, D. Dutta, R. Ent, R. Feuerbach, S. Frullani, H. Gao, F. Garibaldi, R. Gilman, C. Glashausser, V. Gorbenko, O. Hansen, D. W. Higinbotham, H. Ibrahim, X. Jiang, M. Jones, A. Kelleher, J. Kelly, C. Keppel, W. Kim, W. Korsch, K. Kramer, G. Kumbartzki, J. J. LeRose, R. Lindgren, B. Ma, D. J. Margazioti, P. Markowitz, K. McCormick, Z. -E. Meziani, R. Michaels, B. Moffit, P. Monaghan, C. Munoz Camacho, K. Paschke, B. Reitz, A. Saha, R. Shneor, J. Singh, V. Sulkosky, A. Tobias, G. M. Urciuoli, K. Wang, K. Wijesooriya, B. Wojtsekhowski, S. Woo, J. -C. Yang, X. Zheng, L. Zhu

We present new experimental results of the $^3$He spin structure function $g_2$ in the resonance region at $Q^2$ values between 1.2 and 3.0 (GeV/c)$^2$. Spin dependent moments of the neutron were then extracted. The resonance contribution to the neutron $d_2$ matrix element was found to be small at $\ < Q^2 \ >$=2.4 (GeV/c)$^2$ and in agreement with the Lattice QCD calculation. The Burkhardt-Cottingham sum rule for neutron was tested with the measured data and using the Wandzura-Wilczek relation for the low $x$ unmeasured region. A small deviation was observed at $Q^2$ values between 0.5 and 1.2 (GeV/c)$^2$ for the neutron.

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