TY - JOUR
T1 - Strange quarks and parity violation
AU - Kumar, K. S.
AU - Souder, P. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank D. H. Beck, E. J. Beise, C. Cavata, K. de Jager, B. Frois, F. E. Maas, W. J. Marciano, R. D. McKeown, J. Oliver, M. J. Ramsey-Musolf, and C. Y. Prescott. for helpful conversations. This work was supported by the United States Department of Energy under Grant Nos. DE-FG02-84ER40146 and DE-FG02-88ER40415.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We report on the study of parity violation in the scattering of polarized electrons to probe the contribution of strange quarks to the elastic nucleon form factors. We review the theoretical assumptions that are involved in isolating the strange form factors as well as the predictions for the size of the strange form factors. The experiments require the measurement of small asymmetries, typically ≤ 10-5. We describe in detail the general experimental techniques that are used to obtain this level of precision. Finally, we summarize specific experiments that have been published recently as well as new experiments in progress.
AB - We report on the study of parity violation in the scattering of polarized electrons to probe the contribution of strange quarks to the elastic nucleon form factors. We review the theoretical assumptions that are involved in isolating the strange form factors as well as the predictions for the size of the strange form factors. The experiments require the measurement of small asymmetries, typically ≤ 10-5. We describe in detail the general experimental techniques that are used to obtain this level of precision. Finally, we summarize specific experiments that have been published recently as well as new experiments in progress.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0146-6410(00)00110-1
DO - 10.1016/s0146-6410(00)00110-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034506341
SN - 0146-6410
VL - 45
SP - S333-S395
JO - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
JF - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
IS - SUPPL.2
ER -