Transversity, transversity-ODD distributions and asymmetries in Drell-Yan processes

Gary R. Goldstein, L. P. Gamberg

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Abstract

After a brief recap of Transversity it is noted that Drell-Yan unpolarized processes display large azimuthal asymmetries. One such asymmetry, cos(2φ), is directly related to the leading twist transversity distribution h⊥1(x, kT). We use a model developed for semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering that determines the Sivers function f⊥1(x, kT) to predict the Drell-Yan asymmetry v as a function of q2, qT and x. The resulting predictions include a non-leading twist contribution from spin-averaged distributions that measurably effect lower energy results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTransversity 2005
Pages260-267
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2006
Event1st International Workshop on Transverse Polarization Phenomena in Hard Processes, Transversity 2005 - Como, Italy
Duration: Sep 7 2005Sep 10 2005

Publication series

NameTransversity 2005

Other

Other1st International Workshop on Transverse Polarization Phenomena in Hard Processes, Transversity 2005
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityComo
Period9/7/059/10/05

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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