Evidence for a single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction

Airapetian, A. et al. (2000) Evidence for a single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction. Physical Review Letters, 84(18), pp. 4047-4051. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4047)

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Abstract

Single-spin asymmetries for semi-inclusive pion production in deep-inelastic scattering have been measured for the first time. A significant target-spin asymmetry of the distribution in the azimuthal angle φ of the pion relative to the lepton scattering plane was formed for π+ electroproduction on a longitudinally polarized hydrogen target. The corresponding analyzing power in the sinφ moment of the cross section is 0.022±0.005±0.003. This result can be interpreted as the effect of terms in the cross section involving chiral-odd spin distribution functions in combination with a chiral-odd fragmentation function that is sensitive to the transverse polarization of the fragmenting quark.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Kaiser, Professor Ralf
Authors: Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Amarian, M., Aschenauer, E. C., Avakian, H., Avakian, R., Avetissian, A., Avetissian, E., Bains, B., Baumgarten, C., Beckmann, M., Belostotski, S., Belz, J. E., Benisch, T., Bernreuther, S., Bianchi, N., Blouw, J., Böttcher, H., Borissov, A., Bouwhuis, M., Brack, J., Brauksiepe, S., Braun, B., Bray, B., Brons, S., Brückner, W., Brüll, A., Bruins, E. E. W., Bulten, H. J., Capitani, G. P., Carter, P., Chumney, P., Cisbani, E., Court, G. R., Dalpiaz, P. F., De Sanctis, E., De Schepper, D., Devitsin, E., de Witt Huberts, P. K. A., Di Nezza, P., Düren, M., Dvoredsky, A., Elbakian, G., Ely, J., Fantoni, A., Fechtchenko, A., Ferstl, M., Fiedler, K., Filippone, B. W., Fischer, H., Fox, B., Franz, J., Frullani, S., Funk, M.-A., Gärber, Y., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Geiger, P., Gharibyan, V., Golendukhin, A., Graw, G., Grebeniouk, O., Green, P. W., Greeniaus, L. G., Grosshauser, C., Guidal, M., Gute, A., Gyurjyan, V., Haas, J. P., Haeberli, W., Hansen, J.-O., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Häusser, O., Heinsius, F. H., Henderson, R., Henoch, M., Hertenberger, R., Holler, Y., Holt, R. J., Hoprich, W., Ihssen, H., Iodice, M., Izotov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jgoun, A., Kaiser, R., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Kitching, P., Kobayashi, H., Koch, N., Königsmann, K., Kolstein, M., Kolster, H., Korotkov, V., Korsch, W., Kozlov, V., Kramer, L. H., Krivokhijine, V. G., Kurisuno, M., Kyle, G., Lachnit, W., Lenisa, P., Lorenzon, W., Makins, N. C. R., Martens, F. K., Martin, J. W., Masoli, F., Mateos, A., McAndrew, M., McIlhany, K., McKeown, R. D., Meissner, F., Menden, F., Metz, A., Meyners, N., Mikloukho, O., Miller, C. A., Miller, M. A., Milner, R., Most, A., Muccifora, V., Mussa, R., Nagaitsev, A., Naryshkin, Y., Nathan, A. M., Neunreither, F., Niczyporuk, M., Nowak, W.-D., Nupieri, M., Oganessyan, K. A., O'Neill, T. G., Openshaw, R., Ouyang, J., Owen, B. R., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pitt, M., Potashov, S., Potterveld, D. H., Rakness, G., Reali, A., Redwine, R., Reolon, A. R., Ristinen, R., Rith, K., Rossi, P., Rudnitsky, S., Ruh, M., Ryckbosch, D., Sakemi, Y., Savin, I., Scarlett, C., Schäfer, A., Schmidt, F., Schmitt, H., Schnell, G., Schüler, K. P., Schwind, A., Seibert, J., Shibata, T.-A., Shibatani, K., Shin, T., Shutov, V., Simani, C., Simon, A., Sinram, K., Slavich, P., Spengos, M., Steffens, E., Stenger, J., Stewart, J., Stoesslein, U., Sutter, M., Tallini, H., Taroian, S., Terkulov, A., Teryaev, O., Thomas, E., Tipton, B., Tytgat, M., Urciuoli, G. M., van den Brand, J. F. J., van der Steenhoven, G., van de Vyver, R., van Hunen, J. J., Vetterli, M. C., Vikhrov, V., Vincter, M. G., Visser, J., Volk, E., Wander, W., Wendland, J., Williamson, S. E., Wise, T., Woller, K., Yoneyama, S., and Zohrabian, H.
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

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