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We calculate the axial couplings gA8(0) and gA0(0) related to the spin of the nucleon in a constituent quark model. In addition to the standard one-body axial currents, the model includes two-body axial exchange currents. The latter are necessary to satisfy the Partial Conservation of Axial Current (PCAC) condition. For both axial couplings we find significant corrections to the standard quark model prediction. Exchange currents reduce the valence quark contribution to the nucleon spin and afford an interpretation of the missing nucleon spin as orbital angular momentum carried by nonvalence quark degrees of freedom.
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Barquilla-Cano, D., Buchmann, A.J. & Hernández, E. Axial exchange currents and nucleon spin. Eur. Phys. J. A 27, 365–372 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10270-4
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