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Twist-4 contributions to the azimuthal asymmetry in SIDIS

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-03-22 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We calculate the differential cross section for the unpolarized semi-inclusive deeply inelastic scattering (SIDIS) process e+Ne+q+Xe^-+N \to e^-+q+X in leading order (LO) of perturbative QCD and up to twist-4 in power corrections and study in particular the azimuthal asymmetry <cos2ϕ><cos2\phi>. The final results are expressed in terms of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton matrix elements of the target nucleon up to twist-4. %Under the maximal two-gluon correlation approximation, these TMD parton matrix elements in a nucleus %can be expressed terms of a Gaussian convolution of that in a nucleon with the width given by the jet transport %parameter inside cold nuclei. We also apply it to e+Ae+q+Xe^-+A \to e^-+q+X and illustrate numerically the nuclear dependence of the azimuthal asymmetry <cos2ϕ><cos2\phi> by using a Gaussian ansatz for the TMD parton matrix elements.

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@article{arxiv.1012.4179,
  title  = {Twist-4 contributions to the azimuthal asymmetry in SIDIS},
  author = {Yu-kun Song and Jian-hua Gao and Zuo-tang Liang and Xin-Nian Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4179},
  year   = {2011}
}

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