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Partonic Pole Matrix Elements for Fragmentation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-05-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

A model-independent analysis of collinear three-parton correlation functions for fragmentation is performed. By investigating their support properties it is shown, in particular, that the so-called partonic pole matrix elements vanish. This sheds new light on the understanding of transverse single spin asymmetries in various hard semi-inclusive reactions. Moreover, it gives additional strong evidence for the universality of transverse-momentum-dependent fragmentation functions.

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@article{arxiv.0812.3783,
  title  = {Partonic Pole Matrix Elements for Fragmentation},
  author = {S. Meissner and A. Metz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.3783},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures; minor changes, matches journal version

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