QCD Analysis of the Polarized Deep-Inelastic World Data
arXiv:1101.0052 · doi:10.1063/1.3631532
Abstract
The results of a recent next-to-leading order QCD analysis of the world data on polarized deep inelastic scattering are reported. New parameterizations are derived for the quark and gluon distributions, accounting for the massive Wilson coefficient for the charm quarks, and the value of $α_s(M_z^2)$ is determined with correlated errors. We obtain $α_s^{\rm NLO}(M_Z^2)= 0.1132 {array}{l} + 0.0056 -0.0095 {array}$. Limits on potential higher twist contributions to the structure function $g_1(x,Q^2)$ are derived. We also compare to the results obtained by other groups.
6 pages, 3 figures, various style files, Contribution to the Proceedings of HiX2010, Newport News, October, 2010