Published August 4, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Transverse Spin Physics at HERMES

  • 1. INFN Sezione di Ferrara (Italy)

Description

HERMES results on azimuthal single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive leptoproduction of pions and charged kaons from a transversely polarised hydrogen target are presented. Preliminary results for both Collins and Sivers Fourier amplitudes are extracted with a much higher statistical significance than the evidence firstly published by HERMES for charged pions in 2005. The first evidence for a correlation between the transverse target polarization and the azimuthal orientation of the plane containing a pair of produced pions is also observed. It is expected to be related to the product of the transversity and an as-yet unmeasured dihadron fragmentation function.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1149
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 415-418
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
18. international spin physics symposium
Dates
6-11 Oct 2008
Place
Charlottesville, VA (United States)

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Notes
(c) 2009 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
HERMES Collaboration