Transverse Polarisation of Quarks in Hadrons
Abstract
We review the present state of knowledge regarding the transverse polarisation (or transversity) distributions of quarks. After some generalities on transverse polarisation, we formally define the transversity distributions within the framework of a classification of all leading-twist distribution functions. We describe the QCD evolution of transversity at leading and next-to-leading order. A comprehensive treatment of non-perturbative calculations of transversity distributions (within the framework of quark models, lattice QCD and QCD sum rules) is presented. The phenomenology of transversity (in particular, in Drell-Yan processes and semi-inclusive leptoproduction) is discussed in some detail. Finally, the prospects for future measurements are outlined.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0104283,
title = {Transverse Polarisation of Quarks in Hadrons},
author = {Vincenzo Barone and Alessandro Drago and Philip G. Ratcliffe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0104283},
year = {2009}
}
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small changes, references added, as finally published in Physics Reports