Analysis of the neutron spin structure function g1n by using the Laplace transform technique

Abstract

In this paper, the polarized neutron structure function [Formula: see text] in the [Formula: see text] nucleus is investigated and an analytical solution based on the Laplace transform method for [Formula: see text] is presented. It is shown that the neutron spin structure function can be extracted directly from the polarized nuclear structure function of [Formula: see text]. The nuclear corrections due to the Fermi motion of the nucleons as well as the binding energy considerations are taken into account within the framework of the convolution approach and the polarized structure function of [Formula: see text] nucleus is expressed in terms of the spin structure functions of nucleons and the light-cone momentum distribution of the constituent nucleons. Then, the numerical results for [Formula: see text] are compared with experimental data of the SMC and HERMES collaborations. We found that there is an overall good agreement between the theory and experiments.