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Double transverse spin asymmetry in the $p^\uparrow\bar{p}^\uparrow$ Drell-Yan process from Sivers functions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We show that the transverse double spin asymmetry (DSA) in the Drell-Yan process contributed only from the Sivers functions can be picked out by the weighting function QTM2(cos(ϕϕS1)cos(ϕϕS2)+3sin(ϕϕS1)sin(ϕϕS2))\frac{Q_T}{M^2}(\cos(\phi-\phi_{S_1})\cos(\phi-\phi_{S_2})+3\sin(\phi-\phi_{S_1})\sin(\phi-\phi_{S_2})). The asymmetry is proportional to the product of two Sivers functions from each hadron f1T(1)×f1T(1)f_{1T}^{\perp(1)}\times f_{1T}^{\perp (1)}. Using two sets of Sivers functions extracted from the semi-inclusive deeply elastic scattering data at HERMES, we estimate this asymmetry in the ppˉp^\uparrow\bar{p}^\uparrow Drell-Yan process which is possible to be performed in HESR at GSI. The prediction of DSA in the Drell-Yan process contributed by the function g1T(x,\VeckT2)g_{1T}(x,\Vec k_T^2), which can be extracted by the weighting function QTM2(3cos(ϕϕS1)cos(ϕϕS2)+sin(ϕϕS1)sin(ϕϕS2))\frac{Q_T}{M^2}(3\cos(\phi-\phi_{S_1})\cos(\phi-\phi_{S_2})+\sin(\phi-\phi_{S_1})\sin(\phi-\phi_{S_2})), is also given at GSI.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2292,
  title  = {Double transverse spin asymmetry in the $p^\uparrow\bar{p}^\uparrow$ Drell-Yan process from Sivers functions},
  author = {Zhun Lu and Bo-Qiang Ma and Ivan Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2292},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 latex pages, 2 figures, to appear in PRD