Present Status of Polarized Parton Distributions

Abstract

A review of the present knowledge on polarized parton distributions is given. The effects of perturbative evolution on these distributions are discussed qualitatively and a comparison of various recent parametrizations is made.

Comments: Talk given by TG at the Workshop on the Prospects of Spin Physics at HERA, DESY-Zeuthen, August 28-31, 1995, 9 pages, LATeX, 4 figures availabe as .uu-file