Evidence for a single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction

Airapetian, A. and Akopov, N. and Amarian, M. and Aschenauer, E. C. and Avakian, H. and Avakian, R. and Avetissian, A. and Avetissian, E. and Bains, B. and Baumgarten, C. and Beckmann, M. and Belostotski, S. and Belz, J. E. and Benisch, T. and Bernreuther, S. and Bianchi, N. and Blouw, J. and Boettcher, H. and Borissov, A. and Bouwhuis, M. and Brack, J. and Brauksiepe, S. and Braun, B. and Bray, B. and Brons, S. and Brueckner, W. and Bruell, A. and Bruins, E. E. W. and Bulten, H. J. and Capitani, G. P. and Carter, P. and Chumney, P. and Cisbani, E. and Court, G. R. and Dalpiaz, P. F. and De Sanctis, E. and De Schepper, D. and Devitsin, E. and Huberts, P. K. A. D. and Di Nezza, P. and Dueren, M. and Dvoredsky, A. and Elbakian, G. and Ely, J. and Fantoni, A. and Fechtchenko, A. and Ferstl, M. and Fiedler, K. and Filippone, B. W. and Fischer, H. and Fox, B. and Franz, J. and Frullani, S. and Funk, M. A. and Gaerber, Y. and Gao, H. and Garibaldi, F. and Gavrilov, G. and Geiger, P. and Gharibyan, V. and Golendukhin, A. and Graw, G. and Grebeniouk, O. and Green, P. W. and Greeniaus, L. G. and Grosshauser, C. and Guidal, M. and Gute, A. and Gyurjyan, V. and Haas, J. P. and Haeberli, W. and Hansen, J. O. and Hartig, M. and Hasch, D. and Haeusser, O. and Heinsius, F. H. and Henderson, R. and Henoch, M. and Hertenberger, R. and Holler, Y. and Holt, R. J. and Hoprich, W. and Ihssen, H. and Iodice, M. and Izotov, A. and Jackson, H. E. and Jgoun, A. and Kaiser, R. and Kinney, E. and Kisselev, A. and Kitching, P. and Kobayashi, H. and Koch, N. and Koenigsmann, K. and Kolstein, M. and Kolster, H. and Korotkov, V. and Korsch, W. and Kozlov, V. and Kramer, L. H. and Krivokhijine, V. G. and Kurisuno, M. and Kyle, G. and Lachnit, W. and Lenisa, P. and Lorenzon, W. and Makins, N. C. R. and Martens, F. K. and Martin, J. W. and Masoli, F. and Mateos, A. and McAndrew, M. and McIlhany, K. and McKeown, R. D. and Meissner, F. and Menden, F. and Metz, A. and Meyners, N. and Mikloukho, O. and Miller, C. A. and Miller, M. A. and Milner, R. and Most, A. and Muccifora, V. and Mussa, R. and Nagaitsev, A. and Naryshkin, Y. and Nathan, A. M. and Neunreither, F. and Niczyporuk, M. and Nowak, W. D. and Nupieri, M. and Oganessyan, K. A. and O'Neill, T. G. and Openshaw, R. and Ouyang, J. and Owen, B. R. and Papavassiliou, V. and Pate, S. F. and Pitt, M. and Potashov, S. and Potterveld, D. H. and Rakness, G. and Reali, A. and Redwine, R. and Reolon, A. R. and Ristinen, R. and Rith, K. and Rossi, P. and Rudnitsky, S. and Ruh, M. and Ryckbosch, D. and Sakemi, Y. and Savin, I. and Scarlett, C. and Schaefer, Andreas and Schmidt, F. and Schmitt, H. and Schnell, G. and Schueler, K. P. and Schwind, A. and Seibert, J. and Shibata, T. A. and Shibatani, K. and Shin, T. and Shutov, V. and Simani, C. and Simon, A. and Sinram, K. and Slavich, P. and Spengos, M. and Steffens, E. and Stenger, J. and Stewart, J. and Stoesslein, U. and Sutter, M. and Tallini, H. and Taroian, S. and Terkulov, A. and Teryaev, O. and Thomas, E. and Tipton, B. and Tytgat, M. and Urciuoli, G. M. and van den Brand, J. F. J. and van der Steenhoven, G. and van de Vyver, R. and van Hunen, J. J. and Vetterli, M. C. and Vikhrov, V. and Vincter, M. G. and Visser, J. and Volk, E. and Wander, W. and Wendland, J. and Williamson, S. E. and Wise, T. and Woller, K. and Yoneyama, S. and Zohrabian, H. (2000) Evidence for a single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 84 (18). pp. 4047-4051. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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Abstract

Single-spin asymmetries for semi-inclusive pion production in deep-inelastic scattering have been measured for the first time. A significant target-spin asymmetry of the distribution in the azimuthal angle phi of the pion relative to the lepton scattering plane was formed for pi(+) electroproduction on a longitudinally polarized hydrogen target. The corresponding analyzing power in the sin phi moment of the cross section is 0.022 +/- 0.005 +/- 0.003. This result can be interpreted as the effect of terms in the cross section involving chiral-odd spin distribution functions in combination with a chiral-odd fragmentation function that is sensitive to the transverse polarization of the fragmenting quark.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: FRAGMENTATION FUNCTIONS; ANALYZING POWER; DISTRIBUTIONS; LEPTOPRODUCTION; NUCLEONS; BEAM;
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Schäfer > Group Andreas Schäfer
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 16 May 2022 07:37
Last Modified: 16 May 2022 07:37
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/42550

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