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Update on extraction of transversity PDF from inclusive di-hadron production

The transversity was recently extracted from data on the production of hadron pairs in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering. This analysis can be conveniently performed in the framework of collinear factorization where the elementary…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-09-04 Marco Radici

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

COMPASS Results on Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries

New results on single spin asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarised LiD target are presented. The data were taken in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 with the COMPASS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Anna Martin

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

Realistic estimate of valence transversity distributions from inclusive dihadron production

We present an updated extraction of the transversity parton distribution based on the analysis of pion-pair production in deep-inelastic scattering off transversely polarized targets in collinear factorization. Data for proton and deuteron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-23 Marco Radici , A. Courtoy , Alessandro Bacchetta , Marco Guagnelli

First Extraction of Transversity from a Global Analysis of Electron-Proton and Proton-Proton Data

We present the first extraction of the transversity distribution in the framework of collinear factorization based on the global analysis of pion-pair production in deep-inelastic scattering off transversely polarized targets and in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-05-23 Marco Radici , Alessandro Bacchetta

Transversity and Collins Fragmentation Functions: Towards a New Global Analysis

A new, preliminary global analysis of the experimental data on azimuthal asymmetries in SIDIS from HERMES and COMPASS collaborations, and in e+e- --> h_1 h_2 X processes from the BELLE collaboration, is performed. The new data allow for a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Anselmino , M. Boglione , U. D'Alesio , A. Kotzinian , S. Melis , F. Murgia , A. Prokudin , C. Turk

First extraction of transversity from data on lepton-hadron scattering and hadronic collisions

We present the first extraction of the transversity distribution based on the global analysis of pion-pair production in deep-inelastic scattering and in proton-proton collisions with one transversely polarized proton. The extraction relies…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-02 Marco Radici

Extraction of Quark Transversity Distribution and Collins Fragmentation Functions with QCD Evolution

We study the transverse momentum dependent (TMD) evolution of the Collins azimuthal asymmetries in $e^+e^-$ annihilations and semi-inclusive hadron production in deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) processes. All the relevant coefficients are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-01-20 Zhong-Bo Kang , Alexei Prokudin , Peng Sun , Feng Yuan

Transversity from two pion interference fragmentation

We present calculation on the azimuthal spin asymmetries for pion pair production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) process at both HERMES and COMPASS kinematics, with transversely polarized proton, deuteron and neutron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Jun She , Yang Huang , Vincenzo Barone , Bo-Qiang Ma

Transverse Spin and Transverse Momentum Effects at COMPASS

The investigation of transverse spin and transverse momentum effects in deep inelastic scattering is one of the key physics programs of the COMPASS collaboration. In the years 2002-2004 COMPASS took data scattering 160 GeV muons on a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 C. Schill

Review of COMPASS results on transverse-spin effects in SIDIS

The transversity parton distribution remains a poorly known cornerstone in the nucleon spin structure. While the Collins effect in spin asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive DIS (SIDIS) is one crucial tool to address the transversity function, the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-08-14 Nour Makke

Azimuthal Asymmetric Distribution of Hadrons Inside a Jet at Hadron Collider

We study the azimuthal asymmetric distribution of hadrons inside a high energy jet in the single transverse polarized proton proton scattering, coming from the Collins effect multiplied by the quark transversity distribution. We argue that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Feng Yuan

A high-statistics measurement of transverse spin effects in dihadron production from muon-proton semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering

A measurement of the azimuthal asymmetry in dihadron production in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on transversely polarised proton (NH$_{3}$) targets are presented. They provide independent access to the transversity distribution…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-18 C. Adolph , R. Akhunzyanov , M. G. Alekseev , Yu. Alexandrov , G. D. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , V. Andrieux , V. Anosov , A. Austregesilo , B. Badelek , F. Balestra , J. Barth , G. Baum , R. Beck , Y. Bedfer , A. Berlin , J. Bernhard , R. Bertini , K. Bicker , J. Bieling , R. Birsa , J. Bisplinghoff , M. Bodlak , M. Boer , P. Bordalo , F. Bradamante , C. Braun , A. Bravar , A. Bressan , M. Buechele , E. Burtin , L. Capozza , M. Chiosso , S. U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , M. L. Crespo , Q. Curiel , S. Dalla Torre , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , O. Yu. Denisov , 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 , M. Gorzellik , S. Grabmueller , A. Grasso , B. Grube , A. Guskov , T. Guthoerl , F. Haas , D. von Harrach , D. Hahne , R. Hashimoto , F. H. Heinsius , F. Herrmann , F. Hinterberger , Ch. Hoeppner , N. Horikawa , N. d'Hose , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , A. Ivanov , Yu. Ivanshin , T. Iwata , R. Jahn , V. Jary , P. Jasinski , P. Joerg , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , D. Kang , B. Ketzer , G. V. Khaustov , Yu. A. Khokhlov , Yu. Kisselev , F. Klein , K. Klimaszewski , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo , K. Koenigsmann , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. M. Kotzinian , O. Kouznetsov , Z. Kral , M. Kraemer , Z. V. Kroumchtein , N. Kuchinski , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , R. P. Kurjata , A. A. Lednev , A. Lehmann , S. Levorato , J. Lichtenstadt , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , C. Marchand , A. Martin , J. Marzec , J. Matousek , H. Matsuda , T. Matsuda , G. Meshcheryakov , W. Meyer , T. Michigami , Yu. V. Mikhailov , Y. Miyachi , A. Nagaytsev , T. Nagel , F. Nerling , S. Neubert , D. Neyret , V. I. Nikolaenko , J. Novy , W. -D. Nowak , A. S. Nunes , I. Orlov , A. G. Olshevsky , M. Ostrick , R. Panknin , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , M. Pesek , D. Peshekhonov , G. Piragino , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , J. Polak , V. A. Polyakov , J. Pretz , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , S. Ramos , G. Reicherz , E. Rocco , V. Rodionov , E. Rondio , A. Rychter , N. S. Rossiyskaya , D. I. Ryabchikov , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , P. Schiavon , C. Schill , T. Schlueter , A. Schmidt , K. Schmidt , H. Schmieden , K. Schoenning , S. Schopferer , M. Schott , O. Yu. Shevchenko , L. Silva , L. Sinha , S. Sirtl , M. Slunecka , S. Sosio , F. Sozzi , A. Srnka , L. Steiger , M. Stolarski , M. Sulc , R. Sulej , H. Suzuki , A. Szabeleski , T. Szameitat , P. Sznajder , S. Takekawa , J. ter Wolbeek , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , F. Thibaud , S. Uhl , I. Uman , M. Vandenbroucke , M. Virius , J. Vondra , L. Wang , T. Weisrock , M. Wilfert , R. Windmolders , W. Wislicki , H. Wollny , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki

Transverse Spin Effects at COMPASS

The investigation of transverse spin and transverse momentum effects in deep inelastic scattering is one of the key physics programs of the COMPASS collaboration. In the years 2002-2004 COMPASS took data scattering 160 GeV muons on a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-01-13 C. Schill

Measurement of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries on transversely polarised protons

The Collins and Sivers asymmetries for charged hadrons produced in deeply inelastic scattering on transversely polarised protons have been extracted from the data collected in 2007 with the CERN SPS muon beam tuned at 160 GeV/c. At large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-21 The COMPASS Collaboration , M. G. Alekseev

Sivers and Collins Effects: from SIDIS to Proton-Proton Inclusive Pion Production

We consider the Sivers, Collins and transversity functions as extracted from SIDIS and e+e- experimental data and investigate to what extent they might explain the large Single Spin Asymmetries (SSA) observed in proton-proton inclusive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-24 M. Anselmino , M. Boglione , U. D'Alesio , E. Leader , S. Melis , F. Murgia , A. Prokudin

Transversity distribution in spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive DIS and in the Drell-Yan process

A review is given on single spin asymmetries in deep inelastic semi-inclusive scattering (SIDIS) and their possible theoretical understanding in the framework of QCD-induced factorization approach, wherefore predictions for transversity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. V. Efremov , K. Goeke , P. Schweitzer

Transverse spin-dependent azimuthal correlations of charged pion pairs measured in p$^\uparrow$+p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 500 GeV

The transversity distribution, which describes transversely polarized quarks in transversely polarized nucleons, is a fundamental component of the spin structure of the nucleon, and is only loosely constrained by global fits to existing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-03-16 STAR Collaboration , L. Adamczyk , J. R. Adams , J. K. Adkins , G. Agakishiev , M. M. Aggarwal , Z. Ahammed , N. N. Ajitanand , I. Alekseev , D. M. Anderson , R. Aoyama , A. Aparin , D. Arkhipkin , E. C. Aschenauer , M. U. Ashraf , A. Attri , G. S. Averichev , X. Bai , V. Bairathi , K. Barish , A. Behera , R. Bellwied , A. Bhasin , A. K. Bhati , P. Bhattarai , J. Bielcik , J. Bielcikova , L. C. Bland , I. G. Bordyuzhin , J. Bouchet , J. D. Brandenburg , A. V. Brandin , D. Brown , J. Bryslawskyj , I. Bunzarov , J. Butterworth , H. Caines , M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez , J. M. Campbell , D. Cebra , I. Chakaberia , P. Chaloupka , Z. Chang , N. Chankova-Bunzarova , A. Chatterjee , S. Chattopadhyay , X. Chen , J. H. Chen , X. Chen , J. Cheng , M. Cherney , W. Christie , G. Contin , H. J. Crawford , S. Das , T. G. Dedovich , J. Deng , I. M. Deppner , A. A. Derevschikov , L. Didenko , C. Dilks , X. Dong , J. L. Drachenberg , J. E. Draper , J. C. Dunlop , L. G. Efimov , N. Elsey , J. Engelage , G. Eppley , R. Esha , S. Esumi , O. Evdokimov , J. Ewigleben , O. Eyser , R. Fatemi , S. Fazio , P. Federic , P. Federicova , J. Fedorisin , Z. Feng , P. Filip , E. Finch , Y. Fisyak , C. E. Flores , J. Fujita , L. Fulek , C. A. Gagliardi , F. Geurts , A. Gibson , M. Girard , D. Grosnick , D. S. Gunarathne , Y. Guo , A. Gupta , W. Guryn , A. I. Hamad , A. Hamed , A. Harlenderova , J. W. Harris , L. He , S. Heppelmann , S. Heppelmann , N. Herrmann , A. Hirsch , S. Horvat , X. Huang , H. Z. Huang , T. Huang , B. Huang , T. J. Humanic , P. Huo , G. Igo , W. W. Jacobs , A. Jentsch , J. Jia , K. Jiang , S. Jowzaee , E. G. Judd , S. Kabana , D. Kalinkin , K. Kang , D. Kapukchyan , K. Kauder , H. W. Ke , D. Keane , A. Kechechyan , Z. Khan , D. P. Kikoła , C. Kim , I. Kisel , A. Kisiel , L. Kochenda , M. Kocmanek , T. Kollegger , L. K. Kosarzewski , A. F. Kraishan , L. Krauth , P. Kravtsov , K. Krueger , N. Kulathunga , L. Kumar , J. Kvapil , J. H. Kwasizur , R. Lacey , J. M. Landgraf , K. D. Landry , J. Lauret , A. Lebedev , R. Lednicky , J. H. Lee , W. Li , C. Li , X. Li , Y. Li , J. Lidrych , T. Lin , M. A. Lisa , F. Liu , P. Liu , Y. Liu , H. Liu , T. Ljubicic , W. J. Llope , M. Lomnitz , R. S. Longacre , S. Luo , X. Luo , G. L. Ma , R. Ma , Y. G. Ma , L. Ma , N. Magdy , R. Majka , D. Mallick , S. Margetis , C. Markert , H. S. Matis , D. Mayes , K. Meehan , J. C. Mei , Z. W. Miller , N. G. Minaev , S. Mioduszewski , D. Mishra , S. Mizuno , B. Mohanty , M. M. Mondal , D. A. Morozov , M. K. Mustafa , Md. Nasim , T. K. Nayak , J. M. Nelson , D. B. Nemes , M. Nie , G. Nigmatkulov , T. Niida , L. V. Nogach , T. Nonaka , S. B. Nurushev , G. Odyniec , A. Ogawa , K. Oh , V. A. Okorokov , D. Olvitt , B. S. Page , R. Pak , Y. Pandit , Y. Panebratsev , B. Pawlik , H. Pei , C. Perkins , J. Pluta , K. Poniatowska , J. Porter , M. Posik , N. K. Pruthi , M. Przybycien , J. Putschke , A. Quintero , S. Ramachandran , R. L. Ray , R. Reed , M. J. Rehbein , H. G. Ritter , J. B. Roberts , O. V. Rogachevskiy , J. L. Romero , J. D. Roth , L. Ruan , J. Rusnak , O. Rusnakova , N. R. Sahoo , P. K. Sahu , S. Salur , J. Sandweiss , M. Saur , J. Schambach , A. M. Schmah , W. B. Schmidke , N. Schmitz , B. R. Schweid , J. Seger , M. Sergeeva , R. Seto , P. Seyboth , N. Shah , E. Shahaliev , P. V. Shanmuganathan , M. Shao , W. Q. Shen , S. S. Shi , Z. Shi , Q. Y. Shou , E. P. Sichtermann , R. Sikora , M. Simko , S. Singha , M. J. Skoby , N. Smirnov , D. Smirnov , W. Solyst , P. Sorensen , H. M. Spinka , B. Srivastava , T. D. S. Stanislaus , D. J. Stewart , M. Strikhanov , B. Stringfellow , A. A. P. Suaide , T. Sugiura , M. Sumbera , B. Summa , X. Sun , Y. Sun , X. M. Sun , B. Surrow , D. N. Svirida , Z. Tang , A. H. Tang , A. Taranenko , T. Tarnowsky , A. Tawfik , J. Thäder , J. H. Thomas , A. R. Timmins , D. Tlusty , T. Todoroki , M. Tokarev , S. Trentalange , R. E. Tribble , P. Tribedy , S. K. Tripathy , B. A. Trzeciak , O. D. Tsai , B. Tu , T. Ullrich , D. G. Underwood , I. Upsal , G. Van Buren , G. van Nieuwenhuizen , A. N. Vasiliev , F. Videbæk , S. Vokal , S. A. Voloshin , A. Vossen , G. Wang , F. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. Wang , G. Webb , J. C. Webb , L. Wen , G. D. Westfall , H. Wieman , S. W. Wissink , R. Witt , Y. Wu , Z. G. Xiao , G. Xie , W. Xie , Q. H. Xu , Y. F. Xu , J. Xu , N. Xu , Z. Xu , C. Yang , S. Yang , Q. Yang , Y. Yang , Z. Ye , Z. Ye , L. Yi , K. Yip , I. -K. Yoo , N. Yu , H. Zbroszczyk , W. Zha , J. B. Zhang , J. Zhang , S. Zhang , L. Zhang , J. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Z. Zhang , S. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , C. Zhong , C. Zhou , L. Zhou , X. Zhu , Z. Zhu , M. Zyzak

Transversity Distribution and Polarized Fragmentation Function from Semi-inclusive Pion Electroproduction

A method is discussed to determine the hitherto unknown u-quark transversity distribution from a planned HERMES measurement of a single-spin asymmetry in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction off a transversely polarized target. Assuming…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-07 V. A. Korotkov , W. -D. Nowak , K. A. Oganessyan