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Recent COMPASS results on transverse physics
The investigation of transverse spin and transverse momentum dependent effects in deep inelastic scattering of muons off nucleons is one of the key physics programs of the COMPASS collaboration at CERN. We have investigated the effects from the data obtained with a polarized proton target. In order...
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3667304 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1494118 |
Sumario: | The investigation of transverse spin and transverse momentum dependent effects in deep inelastic scattering of muons off nucleons is one of the key physics programs of the COMPASS collaboration at CERN. We have investigated the effects from the data obtained with a polarized proton target. In order to access the transversity distribution function, following channels have been analyzed: The azimuthal distribution of single hadrons, the azimuthal dependence of the plane containing hadron pairs, and the measurement of the transverse polarization of lambda hyperons in the final state. The Sivers distribution function which is one of the transverse momentum dependent functions has been investigated also from the azimuthal distribution of single hadrons. Azimuthal asymmetries in unpolarized deep inelastic scattering give important information on the inner structure of the nucleon to access the so-far unmeasured Boer-Mulders function. We have measured these asymmetries using spin-averaged $^{6}$L$_{i}$D. |
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