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Spin Physics at RHIC 2

JPS Meeting, Matsue

Polarized Proton Structure

Proton

Spin

Quark Spin

Gluon

Spin

Orbital Angular

Momentum

Quark (Parton)-

distribution functions:

Probability that a quark

of flavor f has momen-

tum x and spin parallel

to the proton spin

Quark Spin:

“Spin

Crisis!”

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