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Spin Structure of the Nucleon on the Light Front

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We briefly review the spin structure of the nucleon and show that it is best thought in the light-front formulation. We discuss in particular the longitudinal and transverse spin sum rules, the proper definition of canonical orbital angular momentum and the spin–orbit correlation.

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Lorcé, C. Spin Structure of the Nucleon on the Light Front. Few-Body Syst 56, 243–248 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-015-0957-0

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