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Test of the Universality of Naive-time-reversal-odd Fragmentation Functions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-12-02 v1

Abstract

We investigate the ''spontaneous'' hyperon transverse polarization in e+ee^+e^- annihilation and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering processes as a test of the universality of the naive-time-reversal-odd transverse momentum dependent fragmentation functions. We find that universality implies definite sign relations among various observables. This provides a unique opportunity to study initial/final state interaction effects in the fragmentation process and test the associated factorization.

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@article{arxiv.1008.3543,
  title  = {Test of the Universality of Naive-time-reversal-odd Fragmentation Functions},
  author = {Daniel Boer and Zhong-Bo Kang and Werner Vogelsang and Feng Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3543},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures