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Transversity

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-08-23 v1

Abstract

Some general remarks on parton transverse spin distributions and transverse motions are presented. The issue of accessing experimental information on the transversity distributions h_1^q is discussed. In particular direct information could be obtained from Drell-Yan processes with polarized protons and antiprotons (planned at GSI), while indirect information, coupling h_1^q to the Collins fragmentation function, is being gathered by HERMES and COMPASS collaborations. The related issue of transverse Single Spin Asymmetries (SSA) measured in several processes and the role of the Sivers distribution function is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0512140,
  title  = {Transversity},
  author = {M. Anselmino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0512140},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures. Summary of talks delivered at the Workshop "Hadron Structure and Hadron Spectroscopy", Prague, August 1-3, 2005 and at the International Workshop on "Transverse Polarisation Phenomena in Hard Processes" (Transversity 2005), Como, September 7-10, 2005