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StringSpinner -- adding spin to the PYTHIA string fragmentation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-01-05 v1

Abstract

StringSpinner is a plugin for the introduction of the spin effects in the hadronization part of the PYTHIA 8 event generator. The spin effects are generated for pseudoscalar meson production by propagating the quark polarization along the fragmentation chain according to the rules of the quantum mechanical string+3P0{}^3P_0 model. By using parametrizations for the transversity parton distribution functions, StringSpinner allows to simulate the polarized semi inclusive deep inelastic scattering process on protons and neutrons. The instructions to use StringSpinner and to modify the parametrizations of the transversity distribution functions are presented, as well as an example of the calculation of the Collins asymmetries as obtained from simulations of the transversely polarized semi inclusive deep inelastic scattering process.

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@article{arxiv.2105.09730,
  title  = {StringSpinner -- adding spin to the PYTHIA string fragmentation},
  author = {Albi Kerbizi and Leif Lönnblad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.09730},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

16 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Computer Physics Communications

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