Spin Asymmetry on the Nucleon Experiment

The Spin Asymmetry on the Nucleon Experiment (SANE) will employ a revolutionary increase in Figure of Merit to obtain precise $g^{p}_{2}$ and $A^{p}_{1}$ results at high \textit{x}. Using the highest available JLab beam energy, a 194 msr electromagnetic calorimeter will view the UVa polarized NH$_{3}$ target at $8.5 \cdot 10^{34}$ proton luminosity. The large Bjorken \textit{x} region provides an important view on proton structure where the sea quarks have been stripped away. Using measurements of these ``naked protons'' is crucial for the understanding of strong QCD and can provide a connection between experimentally measured moments of polarized structure functions and quark matrix elements calculated in lattice QCD. The experiment will take place in 2008, using JLab's 5.7 GeV polarized electron beam, and covering the Bjorken \textit{x} range from 0.3 and 0.8 with an average $Q^2$ of 4.5 GeV$^2$. We will discuss the physics motivation for SANE as well as the proposed experimental arrangement, and expected results.