Azimuthal asymmetries in single polarized proton-proton Drell-Yan processes
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-05-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We study the azimuthal asymmetries in proton-proton Drell-Yan processes with one incident proton being transversely or longitudinally polarized. We consider particularly the asymmetries contributed by the leading-twist chiral-odd quark distributions. We analyze the asymmetries with and modulations in transverse single polarized Drell-Yan and asymmetries in longitudinal single polarized Drell-Yan at RHIC, J-PARC, E906 (Fermi Lab) and NICA (JINR). We show that the measurements of the asymmetries in those facilities can provide valuable information of the chiral-odd structure of the nucleon both in the valence and sea regions.
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@article{arxiv.1108.4974,
title = {Azimuthal asymmetries in single polarized proton-proton Drell-Yan processes},
author = {Zhun Lu and Bo-Qiang Ma and Jiacai Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.4974},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 latex pages, 7 figures. Final version to appear in PRD