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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 sin(2ϕ+ϕS)\sin(2\phi+\phi_S) and sin(2ϕϕS)\sin(2\phi-\phi_S) modulations in transverse single polarized ppp^\uparrow p Drell-Yan and sin2ϕ\sin2\phi asymmetries in longitudinal single polarized ppp^\rightarrow p 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}
}

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12 latex pages, 7 figures. Final version to appear in PRD