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Measurement of the azimuthal modulations of hadrons in unpolarised SIDIS

In 2016 and 2017 COMPASS has collected a considerable amount of deep inelastic scattering events with a 160 GeV/c muon beam and a liquid hydrogen target. An analysis of 4 % of these data has allowed to extract preliminary results on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-07-23 Jan Matousek

First Measurement of the Transverse Spin Asymmetries of the Deuteron in Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering

First measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarized 6-LiD target are presented. The data were taken in 2002 with the COMPASS spectrometer…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The COMPASS Collaboration

Transverse momentum dependent multiplicities of hadrons produced in DIS at COMPASS

The COMPASS Collaboration measured the transverse momentum dependent multiplicities of charged hadrons produced in Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) off unpolarized protons. Complementing previous COMPASS measurements obtained with an…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-07-18 Andrea Moretti

Measurements of transverse-momentum dependent effects in semi-inclusive DIS at COMPASS

Its cornerstone were studies of hadron production in deep inelastic scattering (DIS), which can be interpreted in the transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) factorisation framework, allowing to access the distributions of polarisation and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-13 Jan Matousek

Studies of TMDs at COMPASS

Transverse spin and transverse momentum distribution functions of the constituents of the nucleon are a crucial input for a complete description of the nucleon. COMPASS measured such for longitudinally and transversely polarized deuterons…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 H. Wollny

Measurements of Collins and Sivers asymmetries at COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed target experiment presently running at CERN. In 2002, 2003, and 2004 the experiment used a 160 GeV polarized muon beam coming from SPS and scattered off a $^6$LiD target. The nucleons in the target can be polarized either…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 Paolo Pagano

COMPASS measurement of the $P_T$ weighted Sivers asymmetry

The SIDIS transverse spin asymmetries weighted with powers of $P_T$, the hadron transverse momentum in the $\gamma N$ reference system,have been introduced already twenty years ago and are considered quite interesting. While the amplitudes…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-02-03 Franco Bradamante

Collins and Sivers transverse-spin asymmetries in inclusive muoproduction of $\rho^0$ mesons

The production of vector mesons in deep inelastic scattering is an interesting yet scarsely explored channel to study the transverse spin structure of the nucleon and the related phenomena. The COMPASS collaboration has performed the first…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-09 G. D. Alexeev , M. G. Alexeev , C. Alice , A. Amoroso , V. Andrieux , V. Anosov , K. Augsten , W. Augustyniak , C. D. R. Azevedo , B. Badelek , J. Barth , R. Beck , Y. Bedfer , J. Bernhard , M. Bodlak , F. Bradamante , A. Bressan , V. E. Burtsev , W. -C. Chang , C. Chatterjee , M. Chiosso , A. G. Chumakov , S. -U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , P. M. M. Correia , M. L. Crespo , D. D'Ago , S. Dalla Torre , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , F. Del Carro , I. Denisenko , O. Yu. Denisov , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , Ch. Dreisbach , W. Dünnweber , R. R. Dusaev , D. Ecker , A. Efremov , C. Elia , D. Eremeev , P. Faccioli , M. Faessler , M. Finger , M. Finger , H. Fischer , K. J. Flöthner , W. Florian , J. M. Friedrich , V. Frolov , L. G. Garcia Ordòñez , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , S. Gerassimov , J. Giarra , D. Giordano , M. Gorzellik , A. Grasso , A. Gridin , M. Grosse Perdekamp , B. Grube , M. Grüner , A. Guskov , D. von Harrach , M. Hoffmann , N. Horikawa , N. d'Hose , C. -Y. Hsieh , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , A. Ivanov , T. Iwata , M. Jandek , V. Jary , R. Joosten , E. Kabuß , F. Kaspar , A. Kerbizi , B. Ketzer , A. Khatun , G. V. Khaustov , F. Klein , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo Horikawa , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. M. Korzenev , A. M. Kotzinian , O. M. Kouznetsov , A. Koval , Z. Kral , F. Krinner , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , R. P. Kurjata , A. Kveton , K. Lavickova , S. Levorato , Y. -S. Lian , J. Lichtenstadt , P. -J. Lin , R. Longo , V. E. Lyubovitskij , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makins , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , A. Maltsev , S. A. Mamon , A. Martin , J. Marzec , J. Matoušek , T. Matsuda , G. Mattson , C. Menezes Pires , F. Metzger , M. Meyer , W. Meyer , Yu. V. Mikhailov , M. Mikhasenko , E. Mitrofanov , D. Miura , Y. Miyachi , R. Molina , A. Moretti , A. Nagaytsev , C. Naim , D. Neyret , J. Nový , W. -D. Nowak , G. Nukazuka , A. G. Olshevsky , M. Ostrick , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , H. Pekeler , J. -C. Peng , M. Pešek , D. V. Peshekhonov , M. Pešková , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , V. A. Polyakov , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , G. Reicherz , C. Riedl , T. Rudnicki , D. I. Ryabchikov , A. Rychter , A. Rymbekova , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , H. Schmieden , A. Selyunin , K. Sharko , L. Sinha , M. Slunecka , F. Sozzi , D. Spülbeck , A. Srnka , M. Stolarski , O. Subrt , M. Sulc , H. Suzuki , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , A. Thiel , J. Tomsa , F. Tosello , A. Townsend , T. Triloki , V. Tskhay , B. Valinoti , B. M. Veit , J. F. C. A. Veloso , B. Ventura , M. Virius , M. Wagner , S. Wallner , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , M. Zemko , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki

High-statistics measurement of Collins and Sivers asymmetries for transversely polarised deuterons

New results are presented on a high-statistics measurement of Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarised $^6$LiD target. The data were taken in 2022 with the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-01-02 G. D. Alexeev , M. G. Alexeev , C. Alice , A. Amoroso , V. Andrieux , V. Anosov , S. Asatryan , K. Augsten , W. Augustyniak , C. D. R. Azevedo , B. Badelek , J. Barth , R. Beck , J. Beckers , Y. Bedfer , J. Bernhard , M. Bodlak , F. Bradamante , A. Bressan , W. -C. Chang , C. Chatterjee , M. Chiosso , A. G. Chumakov , S. -U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , P. M. M. Correia , M. L. Crespo , D. D'Ago , S. Dalla Torre , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , F. Delcarro , I. Denisenko , O. Yu. Denisov , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , Ch. Dreisbach , W. Dunnweber , R. R. Dusaev , D. Ecker , D. Eremeev , P. Faccioli , M. Faessler , M. Finger , M. Finger , H. Fischer , K. J. Flothner , W. Florian , J. M. Friedrich , V. Frolov , L. G. Garcia Ordonez , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , S. Gerassimov , J. Giarra , D. Giordano , A. Grasso , A. Gridin , M. Grosse Perdekamp , B. Grube , M. Gruner , A. Guskov , P. Haas , D. von Harrach , M. Hoffmann , A. Hoghmrtsyan , N. d'Hose , C. -Y. Hsieh , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , A. Ivanov , T. Iwata , V. Jary , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , F. Kaspar , A. Kerbizi , B. Ketzer , A. Khatun , G. V. Khaustov , T. Klasek , F. Klein , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo Horikawa , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. Yu. Korzenev , A. M. Kotzinian , O. M. Kouznetsov , A. Koval , Z. Kral , F. Krinner , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , R. P. Kurjata , A. Kveton , K. Lavickova , S. Levorato , Y. -S. Lian , J. Lichtenstadt , P. -J. Lin , R. Longo , V. E. Lyubovitskij , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , A. Maltsev , A. Martin , J. Marzec , J. Matousek , T. Matsuda , G. Mattson , C. Menezes Pires , F. Metzger , M. Meyer , W. Meyer , Yu. V. Mikhailov , M. Mikhasenko , E. Mitrofanov , D. Miura , Y. Miyachi , R. Molina , A. Moretti , A. Movsisyan , A. Nagaytsev , D. Neyret , M. Niemiec , J. Novy , W. -D. Nowak , G. Nukazuka , A. G. Olshevsky , M. Ostrick , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , H. Pekeler , J. -C. Peng , M. Pesek , D. V. Peshekhonov , M. Peskova , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , V. A. Polyakov , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , G. Reicherz , C. Riedl , D. I. Ryabchikov , A. Rychter , A. Rymbekova , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , H. Schmieden , A. Selyunin , K. Sharko , L. Sinha , D. Spulbeck , A. Srnka , M. Stolarski , M. Sulc , H. Suzuki , Y. Takanashi , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , A. Thiel , F. Tosello , A. Townsend , T. Triloki , V. Tskhay , B. Valinoti , B. M. Veit , J. F. C. A. Veloso , B. Ventura , A. Vijayakumar , M. Virius , M. Wagner , S. Wallner , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , M. Zemko , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki

Experimental investigation of transverse spin asymmetries in muon-p SIDIS processes: Collins asymmetries

The COMPASS Collaboration at CERN has measured the transverse spin azimuthal asymmetry of charged hadrons produced in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering using a 160 GeV positive muon beam and a transversely polarised NH_3 target. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-05 C. Adolph , M. G. Alekseev , V. Yu. Alexakhin , Yu. Alexandrov , G. D. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , A. A. Antonov , A. Austregesilo , B. Badelek , F. Balestra , J. Barth , G. Baum , Y. Bedfer , J. Bernhard , R. Bertini , M. Bettinelli , K. Bicker , J. Bieling , R. Birsa , J. Bisplinghoff , P. Bordalo , F. Bradamante , C. Braun , A. Bravar , A. Bressan , E. Burtin , L. Capozza , M. Chiosso , S. U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , M. L. Crespo , S. Dalla Torre , S. Das , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , O. Yu. Denisov , L. Dhara , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , V. Duic , W. Duennweber , M. Dziewiecki , A. Efremov , C. Elia , P. D. Eversheim , W. Eyrich , M. Faessler , A. Ferrero , A. Filin , M. Finger , M. Finger , H. Fischer , C. Franco , N. du Fresne von Hohenesche , J. M. Friedrich , V. Frolov , R. Garfagnini , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , S. Gerassimov , R. Geyer , M. Giorgi , I. Gnesi , B. Gobbo , S. Goertz , S. Grabmueller , A. Grasso , B. Grube , R. Gushterski , A. Guskov , T. Guthoerl , F. Haas , D. von Harrach , F. H. Heinsius , F. Herrmann , C. Hess , F. Hinterberger , N. Horikawa , Ch. Hoeppner , N. d'Hose , S. Ishimoto , O. Ivanov , Yu. Ivanshin , T. Iwata , R. Jahn , V. Jary , P. Jasinski , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , D. Kang , B. Ketzer , G. V. Khaustov , Yu. A. Khokhlov , Yu. Kisselev , F. Klein , K. Klimaszewski , S. Koblitz , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo , K. Koenigsmann , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. Korzenev , A. M. Kotzinian , O. Kouznetsov , M. Kraemer , Z. V. Kroumchtein , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , L. Lauser , A. A. Lednev , A. Lehmann , S. Levorato , J. Lichtenstadt , T. Liska , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , A. Mann , C. Marchand , A. Martin , J. Marzec , T. Matsuda , G. Meshcheryakov , W. Meyer , T. Michigami , Yu. V. Mikhailov , M. A. Moinester , A. Morreale , A. Mutter , A. Nagaytsev , T. Nagel , T. Negrini , F. Nerling , S. Neubert , D. Neyret , V. I. Nikolaenko , W. D. Nowak , A. S. Nunes , A. G. Olshevsky , M. Ostrick , A. Padee , R. Panknin , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , E. Perevalova , G. Pesaro , D. V. Peshekhonov , G. Piragino , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , J. Polak , V. A. Polyakov , J. Pretz , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , J. -F. Rajotte , S. Ramos , V. Rapatsky , G. Reicherz , A. Richter , E. Rocco , E. Rondio , N. S. Rossiyskaya , D. I. Ryabchikov , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , M. G. Sapozhnikov , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , P. Schiavon , C. Schill , T. Schlueter , K. Schmidt , L. Schmitt , K. Schoenning , S. Schopferer , M. Schott , W. Schroeder , O. Yu. Shevchenko , L. Silva , L. Sinha , A. N. Sissakian , M. Slunecka , G. I. Smirnov , S. Sosio , F. Sozzi , A. Srnka , L. Steiger , M. Stolarski , M. Sulc , R. Sulej , H. Suzuki , P. Sznajder , S. Takekawa , J. Ter Wolbeek , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , L. G. Tkatchev , S. Uhl , I. Uman , M. Vandenbroucke , M. Virius , N. V. Vlassov , L. Wang , M. Wilfert , R. Windmolders , W. Wislicki , H. Wollny , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki , N. Zhuravlev , A. Zvyagin

Azimuthal Asymmetries in Unpolarised Semi-Inclusive DIS at COMPASS

In semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) the non-zero transverse momentum of partons induces azimuthal dependence of the cross-section. For unpolarised nucleon, three azimuthal modulations that can be related to different…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-13 Jan Matousek

Measurements of unpolarised azimuthal asymmetries at COMPASS

Azimuthal asymmetries in unpolarized SIDIS can be used to probe the transverse momentum of the quarks inside the nucleon. Furthermore they give access to the so-far unmeasured Boer-Mulders function. We report on the extraction of these…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Giulio Sbrizzai

Transverse Target Spin asymmetries in exclusive $\rho^0$ muoproduction

Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) provide a dynamical picture of the nucleon. The exclusive production of $\rho^0$ mesons on a transversely polarised target is sensitive to the nucleon helicity-flip GPDs $E$ which are related to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-17 Katharina Schmidt

Probing transversity by measuring $\Lambda$ polarisation in SIDIS

Based on the observation of sizeable target-transverse-spin asymmetries in single-hadron and hadron-pair production in Semi-Inclusive measurements of Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS), the chiral-odd transversity quark distribution…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-12-15 M. G. Alexeev , G. D. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , V. Andrieux , V. Anosov , K. Augsten , W. Augustyniak , C. D. R. Azevedo , B. Badelek , F. Balestra , M. Ball , J. Barth , R. Beck , Y. Bedfer , J. Berenguer Antequera , J. Bernhard , M. Bodlak , F. Bradamante , A. Bressan , V. E. Burtsev , W. -C. Chang , C. Chatterjee , M. Chiosso , A. G. Chumakov , S. -U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , P. M. M. Correia , M. L. Crespo , D. D'Ago , S. Dalla Torre , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , I. Denisenko , O. Yu. Denisov , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , Ch. Dreisbach , W. Duennweber , R. R. Dusaev , A. Efremov , P. D. Eversheim , P. Faccioli , M. Faessler , A. Ferrero , M. Finger , M. Finger , H. Fischer , C. Franco , J. M. Friedrich , V. Frolov , L. G. Garcia Ordonez , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , S. Gerassimov , J. Giarra , I. Gnesi , D. Giordano , M. Gorzellik , A. Grasso , A. Gridin , M. Grosse Perdekamp , B. Grube , A. Guskov , D. von Harrach , R. Heitz , N. Horikawa , N. d'Hose , C. -Y. Hsieh , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , A. Ivanov , T. Iwata , M. Jandek , T. Jary , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , D. H. Kang , F. Kaspar , A. Kerbizi , B. Ketzer , G. V. Khaustov , Yu. A. Khokhlov , Yu. Kisselev , F. Klein , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. M. Kotzinian , O. M. Kouznetsov , A. Koval , Z. Kral , F. Krinner , Y. Kulinich , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , R. P. Kurjata , A. Kveton , K. Lavickova , S. Levorato , Y. -S. Lian , J. Lichtenstadt , P. -J. Lin , R. Longo , V. E. Lyubovitskij , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makins , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , A. Maltsev , S. A. Mamon , B. Marianski , A. Martin , J. Marzec , J. Matousek , T. Matsuda , G. Mattson , G. V. Meshcheryakov , M. Meyer , W. Meyer , Yu. V. Mikhailov , M. Mikhasenko , E. Mitrofanov , Y. Miyachi , A. Moretti , A. Nagaytsev , C. Naim , T. S. Negrini , D. Neyret , J. Novy , W. -D. Nowak , G. Nukazuka , A. S. Nunes , A. G. Olshevskiy , M. Ostrick , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , H. Pekeler , J. -C. Peng , M. Pesek , D. V. Peshekhonov , M. Peskova , N. Pierre , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , V. A. Polyakov , J. Pretz , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , G. Reicherz , C. Riedl , T. Rudnicki , D. I. Ryabchikov , A. Rymbekova , A. Rychter , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , P. Schiavon , H. Schmieden , A. Selyunin , K. Sharko , L. Sinha , M. Slunecka , J. Smolik , F. Sozzi , A. Srnka , D. Steffen , M. Stolarski , O. Subrt , M. Sulc , H. Suzuki , P. Sznajder , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , A. Thiel , J. Tomsa , F. Tosello , A. Townsend , V. Tskhay , S. Uhl , A. Vauth , B. M. Veit , J. Veloso , B. Ventura , A. Vidon , M. Virius , M. Wagner , S. Wallner , K. Zaremba , P. Zavada , M. Zavertyaev , M. Zemko , E. Zemlyanichkina , Y. Zhao , M. Ziembicki

Transverse spin azimuthal asymmetries at COMPASS: SIDIS Multi-D analysis & Drell-Yan

COMPASS is a high-energy physics experiment operating on the M2 beam line at the SPS at CERN. Using high energy muon and hadron beams the experiment covers broad range of physics aspects in the field of the hadron structure and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-12-23 Bakur Parsamyan

Single hadron transverse spin asymmetries from COMPASS

Transverse spin physics is an important part of the scientific programme of the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The analysis of the data taken with the target polarized orthogonally to the 160 GeV/c muon beam momentum has allowed to measure for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Bradamante

A new measurement of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries on a transversely polarised deuteron target

New high precision measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarised 6LiD target are presented. The data were taken in 2003 and 2004 with the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Compass , : , E. S. Ageev

Transverse spin asymmetries for inclusive $\rho^0$ production in SIDIS at COMPASS

The production of vector mesons in SIDIS is a particularly interesting channel to study the polarized fragmentation and related phenomena. Preliminary COMPASS results for the first measurement of inclusive $\rho^0$ Collins and Sivers…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-07-22 A. Kerbizi

Nucleon Transverse Structure at COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed target experiment at CERN. Part of its physics programme is dedicated to study the transverse spin and the transverse momentum structure of the nucleon using SIDIS. For these measurements, data have been collected using…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-12-16 Nour Makke

Hadron Spectroscopy with COMPASS -- Newest Results

The COMPASS experiment at the CERN SPS investigates the structure and spectrum of hadrons by scattering high energetic hadrons and polarised muons off various fixed targets. During the years 2002-2007, COMPASS focused on nucleon spin…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Frank Nerling