[en] We have determined the electric form factor of the neutron Gⁿ/_E from the reaction D(e, e'n)p using a longitudinally polarized electron beam and a polarized deuterium target at Jefferson Lab's Hall C. The knocked out neutron was detected in coincidence with the electron in a shielded neutron detector. The beam-target asymmetry of quasi-elastically scattered electrons was measured for opposite orientations of the beam helicity which allowed the extraction of Gⁿ/_E. This method is insensitive to the deuteron structure and avoids longitudinal/transverse Rosenbluth separation, both potential sources of large systematic errors. We present the results of a preliminary analysis for Gⁿ/_E at Q² = 0.5(GeV/c)²

[en] We report the first measurement using a solid polarized target of the neutron electric form factor Gⁿ_E via d-vector(e-vector, e'n)p. Gⁿ_E was determined from the beam-target asymmetry in the scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from polarized deuterated ammonia (¹⁵ND₃). The measurement was performed in Hall C at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in quasifree kinematics with the target polarization perpendicular to the momentum transfer. The electrons were detected in a magnetic spectrometer in coincidence with neutrons in a large solid angle segmented detector. We find Gⁿ_E = 0.04632±0.00616(stat)±0.00341(syst) at Q² = 0.495 (GeV/c)²

[en] The structure functions g1p and g1n have been measured over the range 0.014 < x < 0.9 and 1 < Q2 < 40 GeV2 using deep-inelastic scattering of 48 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from polarized protons and deuterons. We find that the Q2 dependence of g1p (g1n) at fixed x is very similar to that of the spin-averaged structure function F1p (F1n). From a NLO QCD fit to all available data we find Gamma₁^p Gamma₁ⁿ=0.176 ± 0.003 ± 0.007$ at Q2=5 GeV2, in agreement with the Bjorken sum rule prediction of 0.182 ± 0.005

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