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Single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive pion production

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-08-15 v1

Abstract

For the first time single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive pion production are measured by the HERMES experiment with a transversely polarised hydrogen target. Two different sine-modulations are extracted which can be related to the transversity \delta q(x) and Sivers f_{1T}^{\perp q}(x) quark distribution functions. The extracted sine-moments still contain small sub-leading twist contributions which can be extracted from HERMES data combining the results from the transversely polarised hydrogen target with previously measured results from a longitudinally polarised hydrogen target.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0504025,
  title  = {Single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive pion production},
  author = {U. Elschenbroich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0504025},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, contribution to the proceedings for the 21st Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics