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Global fitting of single spin asymmetry: an attempt

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-04-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We present an attempt of global analysis of Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) pπX\ell p^\uparrow \to \ell' \pi X data on single spin asymmetries and data on left-right asymmetry ANA_N in ppπXp^\uparrow p \to \pi X in order to simultaneously extract information on Sivers function and twist-three quark-gluon Efremov-Teryaev-Qiu-Sterman (ETQS) function. We explore different possibilities such as node of Sivers function in xx or kk_\perp in order to explain "sign mismatch" between these functions. We show that π±\pi^\pm SIDIS data and π0\pi^0 STAR data can be well described in a combined TMD and twist-3 fit, however π±\pi^\pm BRAHMS data are not described in a satisfactory way. This leaves open a question to the solution of the "sign mismatch". Possible explanations are then discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1201.5427,
  title  = {Global fitting of single spin asymmetry: an attempt},
  author = {Zhong-Bo Kang and Alexei Prokudin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.5427},
  year   = {2012}
}

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11 pages, 7 figures