Final state interactions and the transverse structure of pion

Leonard Gamberg, Marc Schlegel

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Abstract

In the factorized picture of semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering the naive time reversal-odd parton distributions exist by virtue of the gauge link which is intrinsic to their definition. The link structure describes initial/final-state interactions of the active parton due to soft gluon exchanges with the target remnant. Though these interactions are non-perturbative, calculations of final-state interaction have been performed in a perturbative one-gluon approximation. We include higher-order contributions by applying non-perturbative eikonal methods to calculate the Boer-Mulders function of the pion. Using this framework we explore under what conditions the Boer Mulders function can be described in terms of factorization of final state interactions and a spatial distortion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2960-2972
Number of pages13
JournalModern Physics Letters A
Volume24
Issue number35-37
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 7 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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