Published May 1, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Interference fragmentation functions in electron-positron annihilation

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universita di Pavia, and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, I-27100 Pavia (Italy)
  • 2. Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Wuppertal, D-42097 Wuppertal (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Description

We study the process of electron-positron annihilation into back-to-back jets, where in each jet a pair of hadrons is detected. The orientation of these two pairs with respect to each other can be used to extract the interference fragmentation functions in a clean way: for instance, from BELLE or BABAR experiment data. This is of relevance for studies of the transversity distribution function. In particular, we focus on two azimuthal asymmetries. The first one has already been studied by Artru and Collins, but is now expressed in terms of interference fragmentation functions. The second asymmetry is new and involves a function that is related to longitudinal jet handedness. This asymmetry offers a different way of studying handedness correlations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 094003-094003.12
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2003 The American Physical Society