Beam spin asymmetry in semi-inclusive electroproduction of hadron pairs

Mirazita, M. et al. (2021) Beam spin asymmetry in semi-inclusive electroproduction of hadron pairs. Physical Review Letters, 126(6), 062002. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.062002)

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Abstract

A first measurement of the longitudinal beam spin asymmetry A_{LU} in the semi-inclusive electroproduction of pairs of charged pions is reported. A_{LU} is a higher-twist observable and offers the cleanest access to the nucleon twist-3 parton distribution function e(x). Data have been collected in the Hall-B at Jefferson Lab by impinging a 5.498-GeV electron beam on a liquid-hydrogen target, and reconstructing the scattered electron and the pion pair with the CLAS detector. One-dimensional projections of the A_{LU}^{sinϕ_{R}} moments are extracted for the kinematic variables of interest in the valence quark region. The understanding of dihadron production is essential for the interpretation of observables in single-hadron production in semi-inclusive DIS, and pioneering measurements of single-spin asymmetries in dihadron production open a new avenue in studies of QCD dynamics.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Ireland, Professor David and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and Glazier, Dr Derek
Authors: Mirazita, M., Avakian, H., Courtoy, A., Pisano, S., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Atac, H., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dilks, C., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Huang, Q., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C.W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I.J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Milner, R. G., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Mullen, C., Camacho, C. M., Neupane, K., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pocanic, D., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physical Review Letters
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:0031-9007
ISSN (Online):1079-7114
Copyright Holders:Copyright © The Author(s) 2021
First Published:First published in Physical Review Letters 126(6):062002
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons Licence

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