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most citedPrecise determination of the spin structure function of the proton, deuteron and neutron

386 citations · 3.2k across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

hep-ex2007★ 26 cited

Transverse Polarization of Lambda and Lambda-bar Hyperons in Quasireal Photoproduction

The HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

The HERMES experiment has measured the transverse polarization of Lambda and Lambda-bar hyperons produced inclusively in quasireal photoproduction at a positron beam energy of 27.6…

hep-ex2006★ 386 cited

Precise determination of the spin structure function of the proton, deuteron and neutron

The HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

Precise measurements of the spin structure functions of the proton and deuteron are presented over the kinematic range and $0…

hep-ex2002★ 106 cited

Measurement of single-spin azimuthal asymmetries in semi-inclusive electroproduction of pions and kaons on a longitudinally polarised deuterium target

HERMES collaboration, A. Airapetian

Single-spin asymmetries have been measured for semi-inclusive electroproduction of , , and mesons in deep-inelastic scattering off a longitudinally polarised…

hep-ex2002★ 71 cited

Erratum to: "Nuclear Effects on R=σ_L/σ_T in Deep-Inelastic Scattering" Phys.Lett. B475(2000)386

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

This erratum revokes the main conclusion of a Letter that reported measurements of cross sections for deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) of leptons on He and N targets, exp…

hep-ex2002★ 59 cited

The Q^2-Dependence of Nuclear Transparency for Exclusive Production

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

Exclusive coherent and incoherent electroproduction of the meson from H and N targets has been studied at the HERMES experiment as a function of coherence length (…

hep-ex2002★ 55 cited

Evidence for Quark-Hadron Duality in the Proton Spin Asymmetry

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

Spin-dependent lepton-nucleon scattering data have been used to investigate the validity of the concept of quark-hadron duality for the spin asymmetry . Longitudinally polaris…

hep-ex2001★ 37 cited

Single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in exclusive electroproduction of pi^+ mesons

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

A single-spin asymmetry in the distribution of exclusively produced pi^+ mesons azimuthally around the virtual photon direction relative to the lepton scattering plane has been mea…

hep-ex2001★ 312 cited

Measurement of the Beam-Spin Azimuthal Asymmetry Associated with Deeply-Virtual Compton Scattering

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

The beam-spin asymmetry in hard electroproduction of photons has been measured for the first time. The data have been accumulated by the HERMES experiment at DESY using the HERA 27…

hep-ex2001★ 176 cited

Single-spin Azimuthal Asymmetries in Electroproduction of Neutral Pions in Semi-inclusive Deep-inelastic Scattering

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

A single-spin asymmetry in the azimuthal distribution of neutral pions relative to the lepton scattering plane has been measured for the first time in deep-inelastic scattering of…

hep-ex2001★ 17 cited

Double-Spin Asymmetry in the Cross Section for Exclusive rho^0 Production in Lepton-Proton Scattering

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

Evidence for a positive longitudinal double-spin asymmetry <A_1^rho> = 0.24 +-0.11 (stat) +-0.02 (syst) in the cross section for exclusive diffractive rho^0(770) vector meson produ…

hep-ex2000★ 24 cited

The Q^2-dependence of the Generalised Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Integral for the Proton

A. Airapetian

The dependence on Q^2 (the negative square of the 4-momentum of the exchanged virtual photon) of the generalised Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn integral for the proton has been measured in…

hep-ex1999★ 44 cited

Measurement of Longitudinal Spin Transfer to Lambda Hyperons in Deep-Inelastic Lepton Scattering

HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian

Spin transfer in deep-inelastic Lambda electroproduction has been studied with the HERMES detector using the 27.6 GeV polarized positron beam in the HERA storage ring. For an avera…

hep-ex1999★ 71 cited

Nuclear Effects on R = sigma_L / sigma_T in Deep-Inelastic Scattering

K. Ackerstaff

Cross section ratios for deep-inelastic scattering from 14N and 3He with respect to 2H have been measured by the HERMES experiment at DESY using a 27.5 GeV positron beam. The data…

hep-ex1999★ 293 cited

Observation of a Single-Spin Azimuthal Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electro-Production

A. Airapetian

Single-spin asymmetries for semi-inclusive pion production in deep-inelastic scattering have been measured for the first time. A significant target-spin asymmetry of the distributi…

hep-ex1999★ 137 cited

Measurement of the Spin Asymmetry in the Photoproduction of Pairs of High-pT Hadrons at HERMES

A. Airapetian

We present a measurement of the longitudinal spin asymmetry A_|| in photoproduction of pairs of hadrons with high transverse momentum p_T. Data were accumulated by the HERMES exper…

hep-ex1999★ 165 cited

Flavor Decomposition of the Polarized Quark Distributions in the Nucleon from Inclusive and Semi-inclusive Deep-inelastic Scattering

K. Ackerstaff, The HERMES Collaboration

Spin asymmetries of semi-inclusive cross sections for the production of positively and negatively charged hadrons have been measured in deep-inelastic scattering of polarized posit…

hep-ex1998★ 57 cited

Observation of a Coherence Length Effect in Exclusive Rho^0 Electroproduction

K. Ackerstaff

Exclusive incoherent electroproduction of the rho^0(770) meson from 1H, 2H, 3He, and 14N targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at squared four-momentum transfer Q**2>0.…

hep-ex1998★ 55 cited

Determination of the Deep Inelastic Contribution to the Generalised Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Integral for the Proton and Neutron

K. Ackerstaff

The virtual photon absorption cross section differences [sigma_1/2-sigma_3/2] for the proton and neutron have been determined from measurements of polarised cross section asymmetri…

hep-ex1998★ 235 cited

Measurement of the Proton Spin Structure Function g1p with a Pure Hydrogen Target

A. Airapetian

A measurement of the proton spin structure function g1p(x,Q^2) in deep-inelastic scattering is presented. The data were taken with the 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarised positron be…

hep-ex1998★ 195 cited

The Flavor Asymmetry of the Light Quark Sea from Semi-inclusive Deep-inelastic Scattering

K. Ackerstaff

The flavor asymmetry of the light quark sea of the nucleon is determined in the kinematic range 0.02<x<0.3 and 1 GeV^2<Q^2<10 GeV^2, for the first time from semi-inclusive deep-ine…

hep-ex1998★ 301 cited

The HERMES Spectrometer

K. Ackerstaff

The HERMES experiment is collecting data on inclusive and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering of polarised positrons from polarised targets of H, D, and He. These data give in…

hep-ex1998★ 20 cited

Beam-Induced Nuclear Depolarisation in a Gaseous Polarised Hydrogen Target

K. Ackerstaff

Spin-polarised atomic hydrogen is used as a gaseous polarised proton target in high energy and nuclear physics experiments operating with internal beams in storage rings. When such…

hep-ex1998★ 14 cited

The HERMES Back Drift Chambers

S. Bernreuther et al

The tracking system of the HERMES spectrometer behind the bending magnet consists of two pairs of large planar 6-plane drift chambers. The design and performance of these chambers…

hep-ex1997★ 308 cited

Measurement of the Neutron Spin Structure Function with a Polarized ^3He Target

The HERMES Collaboration, K. Ackerstaff

Results are reported from the HERMES experiment at HERA on a measurement of the neutron spin structure function in deep inelastic scattering using 27.5 GeV longitudi…