Semi-inclusive asymmetries with polarized proton beams at HERA
Abstract
The prospects of semi-inclusive measurements with polarized proton beams at HERA are discussed. Detailed simulations show that one can disentangle the valence-quark and sea-quark contribution to the polarized structure function g_1(x) in the small x-domain, if the equivalent of 1000 pb-1 of data are collected. It is also shown how semi-inclusive charged- current events can provide information on the relative importance of the spin contribution of the anti-s and anti-d sea quarks. Moreover, various methods to determine the fragmentation functions in this kinematical domain are presented.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9710400,
title = {Semi-inclusive asymmetries with polarized proton beams at HERA},
author = {M. Maul and J. G. Contreras and H. Ihssen and A. Schafer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9710400},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, LaTeX, 6 figures, uses psfig and a41 (included) styles; Invited talk presented at the workshop 'Deep Inelastic Scattering off Polarized Targets: Theory Meets Experiment', Zeuthen, Germany, Sept. 1-5, 1997, one ambiguity in the notation of fragmentation functions removed