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Publications and source records attributed to Nicola Bianchi.
The contributions to the Spin Physics WG are summarized. Several new experimental results and plans for new measurements have been reported. An improved theoretical understanding of the most recent hot topics in spin physics has been discussed by many authors especially in the new fields of the transversity and generalized parton distributions.
A description of the virtual photon absorption cross section difference σ_{1/2}-σ_{3/2} for the proton and the neutron is obtained with a parameterisation based on a Regge type approach. The parameterisation is obtained from global fits to the cross section data derived from the spin asymmetries measured in DIS of longitudinally polarised leptons from polarised ^1H, ^3He and ^2H targets in the range 0.3 GeV^2 < Q^2 < 70 GeV^2 and 4 GeV^2 < W^2 < 300 GeV^2. The fits give a reliable description of the data and provide predictions for the photo-production through a smooth Q^2-transition. The contribution above the resonance region to the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule for real and virtual photons has been evaluated. For the real photons this contribution accounts for a large fraction of the discrepancy between the sum rule expectations and the single pion photo-production analysis estimates