Polarized structure functions from AdS/CFT

ORAL

Abstract

We investigate deep inelastic and elastic scattering on a polarized spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ hadron using gauge/string duality. AdS/CFT correspondence provides us new insights into gauge theories in strong coupling regime. This spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ hadron corresponds to a supergravity mode of the dilatino. The polarized deep inelastic structure functions are computed in supergravity approximation at large t' Hooft coupling $\lambda$ and finite $x$ with $\lambda^{-1/2}\ll x<1$. Furthermore, we discuss the moments of all structure functions, and propose an interesting sum rule $\int_{0}^{1} \textrm{d}x g_2\left(x, q^2\right) =0$ for $g_2$ structure function which is known as the Burkhardt-Cottingham sum rule in QCD. In addition, we discuss the possible small-x contributions for $g_1$ due to the consideration of the angular momentum sum rule. In the end, the elastic scattering is studied and elastic form factors of the spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ hadron are calculated within the same framework.

*This work is partially supported by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Divisions of Nuclear Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Authors

  • Bowen Xiao

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  • Jian-Hua Gao

    • University of Science and Technology of China