Observation of correlations between spin and transverse momenta in back-to-back dihadron production at CLAS12

Avakian, H. et al. (2023) Observation of correlations between spin and transverse momenta in back-to-back dihadron production at CLAS12. Physical Review Letters, 130(2), 022501. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.022501)

Abstract

We report the first measurements of deep inelastic scattering spin-dependent azimuthal asymmetries in back-to-back dihadron electroproduction in the deep inelastic scattering process. In this reaction, two hadrons are produced in opposite hemispheres along the z axis in the virtual photon-target nucleon center-of-mass frame, with the first hadron produced in the current-fragmentation region and the second in the target-fragmentation region. The data were taken with longitudinally polarized electron beams of 10.2 and 10.6 GeV incident on an unpolarized liquid-hydrogen target using the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Lab. Observed nonzero sin Δ ϕ modulations in e p → e ′ p π + X events, where Δ ϕ is the difference of the azimuthal angles of the proton and pion in the virtual photon and target nucleon center-of-mass frame, indicate that correlations between the spin and transverse momenta of hadrons produced in the target- and current-fragmentation regions may be significant. The measured beam-spin asymmetries provide a first access in dihadron production to a previously unexplored leading-twist spin- and transverse-momentum-dependent fracture function. The fracture functions describe the hadronization of the target remnant after the hard scattering of a virtual photon off a quark in the target particle and provide a new avenue for studying nucleonic structure and hadronization.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sokhan, Dr Daria and McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Naidoo, Paul and Wishart, Robert and Tyson, Mr Richard and Ireland, Professor David and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and Gates, Miss Kayleigh and Montgomery, Dr Rachel and Glazier, Dr Derek
• Authors: Avakian, H., Hayward, T. B., Kotzinian, A., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Baashen, L., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benkel, B., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Boiarinov, S., Bossù, F., Brinkman, K. T., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bueltmann, S., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Capobianco, R., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dilks, C., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Forest, T., Gates, K., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A. A., Gosta, G., Gothe, R. W., Gotra, Y., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Johnston, R., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klimenko, V., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lagerquist, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lee, S., Lenisa, P., Li, X., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Naidoo, P., Neupane, K., Nguyen, D., Niccolai, S., Nicol, M., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Paul, S. J., Phelps, W., Pilleux, N., Pogorelko, O., Pokhrel, M., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Reed, T., Richards, J., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shirokov, E. V., Shrestha, U., Simmerling, P., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tan, J. A., Trotta, N., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Vallarino, S., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhao, Z. W., and Zurek, M.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• 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
• Published Online: 11 January 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 American Physical Society
• First Published: First published in Physical Review Letters 130(2): 022501
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License