In the collinear twist-three approach, we calculate for the first time the gluon contribution to double (longitudinal-transverse) spin asymmetry A_{LT} for open charm production in proton-proton collisions measurable at RHIC. Utilizing the Ward-Takahashi identity for the non-pole part of the hard scattering amplitude, we derive a factorized, gauge invariant formula for the asymmetry. The result may be combined with the previous studies of single-spin asymmetry in the same channel and allows for a systematic analysis of three-gluon correlations inside a transversely polarized nucleon.
@article{arxiv.1305.7001,
title = {Double-spin asymmetry $A_{LT}$ in open charm production},
author = {Yoshitaka Hatta and Koichi Kanazawa and Shinsuke Yoshida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.7001},
year = {2013}
}
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10 pages, 5 figures, v2. references updated, published in PRD