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The $\sin2\phi$ azimuthal asymmetry in single longitudinally polarized $\pi N$ Drell-Yan process

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-09-08 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the sin2ϕ\sin2\phi azimuthal asymmetry in the πN\pi N Drell-Yan process, when the nucleon is longitudinally polarized. The asymmetry is contributed by the combination of the Boer-Mulders function and the longitudinal transversity distribution function. We consider the Drell-Yan processes by π±\pi^\pm beams colliding on the proton and deuteron targets, respectively. We calculate the sin2ϕ\sin2\phi azimuthal asymmetries in these processes using the Boer-Mulders function and the longitudinal transversity from spectator models. We show that the study on single polarized πN\pi N Drell-Yan processes can not only give the information on the new 3-dimensional parton distribution functions in momentum space, but also shed light on the chiral-odd structure of the longitudinally polarized nucleon.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1104.5410,
  title  = {The $\sin2\phi$ azimuthal asymmetry in single longitudinally polarized $\pi N$ Drell-Yan process},
  author = {Zhun Lu and Bo-Qiang Ma and Jun She},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.5410},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures. Final version for publication in PRD