Published August 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Exploring the structure of the proton through polarization observables in lp → jet X

Description

We present results for a complete set of polarization observables for jet production in lepton-proton collision, where the final-state lepton is not observed. The calculations are carried out in collinear factorization at the level of Born diagrams. For all the observables we also provide numerical estimates for typical kinematics of a potential future electron-ion collider. On the basis of this numerical study, the prospects for the transverse single target spin asymmetry are particularly promising. This observable is given by a certain quark-gluon correlation function, which has a direct relation to the transverse momentum dependent Sivers parton distribution.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034046
ISSN
1550-7998

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
KB0301020; AC02-98CH10886
Notes
10 pages; doi 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.034046
Funding organization
RIKEN (United States)
Secondary number(s)
BNL--96430-2011-JA