Novel Quark Fragmentation Functions and the Nucleon's Transversity Distribution
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-11-01 v1
Abstract
We define twist-two and twist-three quark fragmentation functions in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and study their physical implications. Using this formalism we show how the nucleon's transversity distribution can be measured in single pion inclusive electroproduction.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9307329,
title = {Novel Quark Fragmentation Functions and the Nucleon's Transversity Distribution},
author = {R. L. Jaffe and Xiangdong Ji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9307329},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
10 pages, uses PHYZZX macro package, 2 PostScript figures (added using FIGURES). MIT-CTP-2158