https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2011-01498-7
Review
Single spin asymmetries in the (quasi)elastic electron-proton and electron-deuteron scattering
Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz, J.J. Becherweg 45, 55099 Mainz, Germany
a e-mail: baunack@kph.uni-mainz.de
Received:
8
July
2011
Revised:
21
July
2011
Published online:
23
September
2011
Single spin asymmetries in (quasi)elastic electron-proton and electron-deuteron scattering give insight into the structure of the nucleon. In case of a longitudinally polarized electron beam, the parity violating asymmetries can be used to determine the contribution of strange quarks to the vector form factors of the nucleon, whereas the asymmetries using a transversely polarized electron beam allow a determination of the imaginary part of the two-photon exchange amplitude which is related to the nucleon structure due to excited intermediate proton states. Both cases are presented here.
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