Interference fragmentation functions and spin asymmetries
Abstract
A new class of fragmentation functions, arising from the interference of different hadron production channels, is analyzed. Their symmetry properties with respect to naive time-reversal transformations allow for the exploration of final-state interactions occurring during and after the hadronization. Their symmetry properties with respect to chiral transformations allow building spin asymmetries where the quark transversity distribution can be factorized out at leading twist. Explicit calculations will be shown for the interference fragmentation functions arising from final-state interactions of two pions detected in the same current jet for the case of semi-inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering (DIS).
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0106048,
title = {Interference fragmentation functions and spin asymmetries},
author = {M. Radici},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0106048},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 eps figures included, World Scientific style file included; to appear in proceedings of DIS2001, Bologna, Apr.27th - May 1st, 2001