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We show that for both quarks and gluons there are eight generalized parton distributions in the proton: four which conserve parton helicity and four which do not. We explain why time reversal invariance does not reduce this number from eight to six, as previously assumed in the literature.
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Received: 7 February 2001 / Published online: 23 March 2001
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Diehl, M. Generalized parton distributions with helicity flip. Eur. Phys. J. C 19, 485–492 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520100635
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520100635