Measurement of the Target-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Deep-Inelastic Scattering from the Reaction
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the target single-spin asymmetry in deep-inelastic scattering from the inclusive reaction 3He↑(e,e')X on a 3He gas target polarized normal to the lepton plane. Assuming time-reversal invariance, this asymmetry is strictly zero in the Born approximation. The experiment, conducted at Jefferson Lab using a 5.89 GeV electron beam, covers a range of 1.7<2.9 GeV, 1.02<4.0 GeV2 and 0.16<0.65. Neutron asymmetries were extracted using the effective nucleon polarization and measured proton-to-3He cross section ratios. The measured neutron asymmetries are negative with an average value of (-1.04+/-0.38)×10-2 for invariant mass W>2 GeV, which is non-zero at the 2.75 sigma level. Theoretical calculations, which assume two-photon exchange with quasi-free quarks, predict a neutron asymmetry of O(10-4) when both photons couple to one quark, and O(10-2) for the photons coupling to different quarks. Our measured asymmetry agrees both in sign and magnitude with the prediction that uses input based on the Sivers transverse momentum distribution obtained from semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering.
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- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1136703
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-13-1802; DOE/OR/23177-2898; arXiv:1311.0197
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 113; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Katich, J., Qian, X., Zhao, Y. X., Allada, K., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., Benmokhtar, F., Bertozzi, W., Bradshaw, P. C., Bosted, P., Camsonne, A., Canan, M., Cates, G. D., Chen, C., Chen, J. -P., Chen, W., Chirapatpimol, K., Chudakov, E., Cisbani, E., Cornejo, J. C., Cusanno, F., Dalton, M. M., Deconinck, W., de Jager, C. W., De Leo, R., Deng, X., Deur, A., Ding, H., Dolph, P. A. M., Dutta, C., Dutta, D., El Fassi, L., Frullani, S., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gaskell, D., Gilad, S., Gilman, R., Glamazdin, O., Golge, S., Guo, L., Hamilton, D., Hansen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, J., Huang, M., Ibrahim, H. F., Iodice, M., Jiang, X., Jin, G., Jones, M. K., Kelleher, A., Kim, W., Kolarkar, A., Korsch, W., LeRose, J. J., Li, X., Li, Y., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Marrone, S., McNulty, D., Meziani, Z. -E., Michaels, R., Moffit, B., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Narayan, A., Nelyubin, V., Norum, B., Oh, Y., Osipenko, M., Parno, D., Peng, J. C., Phillips, S. K., Posik, M., Puckett, A. J. R., Qiang, Y., Rakhman, A., Ransome, R. D., Riordan, S., Saha, A., Sawatzky, B., Schulte, E., Shahinyan, A., Shabestari, M. H., Širca, S., Stepanyan, S., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Tang, L. -G., Tobias, A., Urciuoli, G. M., Vilardi, I., Wang, K., Wang, Y., Wojtsekhowski, B., Yan, X., Yao, H., Ye, Y., Ye, Z., Yuan, L., Zhan, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. -W., Zhao, B., Zheng, X., Zhu, L., Zhu, X., and Zong, X. Measurement of the Target-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Deep-Inelastic Scattering from the Reaction He3↑(e,e')X. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.022502.
Katich, J., Qian, X., Zhao, Y. X., Allada, K., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., Benmokhtar, F., Bertozzi, W., Bradshaw, P. C., Bosted, P., Camsonne, A., Canan, M., Cates, G. D., Chen, C., Chen, J. -P., Chen, W., Chirapatpimol, K., Chudakov, E., Cisbani, E., Cornejo, J. C., Cusanno, F., Dalton, M. M., Deconinck, W., de Jager, C. W., De Leo, R., Deng, X., Deur, A., Ding, H., Dolph, P. A. M., Dutta, C., Dutta, D., El Fassi, L., Frullani, S., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gaskell, D., Gilad, S., Gilman, R., Glamazdin, O., Golge, S., Guo, L., Hamilton, D., Hansen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, J., Huang, M., Ibrahim, H. F., Iodice, M., Jiang, X., Jin, G., Jones, M. K., Kelleher, A., Kim, W., Kolarkar, A., Korsch, W., LeRose, J. J., Li, X., Li, Y., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Marrone, S., McNulty, D., Meziani, Z. -E., Michaels, R., Moffit, B., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Narayan, A., Nelyubin, V., Norum, B., Oh, Y., Osipenko, M., Parno, D., Peng, J. C., Phillips, S. K., Posik, M., Puckett, A. J. R., Qiang, Y., Rakhman, A., Ransome, R. D., Riordan, S., Saha, A., Sawatzky, B., Schulte, E., Shahinyan, A., Shabestari, M. H., Širca, S., Stepanyan, S., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Tang, L. -G., Tobias, A., Urciuoli, G. M., Vilardi, I., Wang, K., Wang, Y., Wojtsekhowski, B., Yan, X., Yao, H., Ye, Y., Ye, Z., Yuan, L., Zhan, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. -W., Zhao, B., Zheng, X., Zhu, L., Zhu, X., & Zong, X. Measurement of the Target-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Deep-Inelastic Scattering from the Reaction He3↑(e,e')X. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.022502
Katich, J., Qian, X., Zhao, Y. X., Allada, K., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., Benmokhtar, F., Bertozzi, W., Bradshaw, P. C., Bosted, P., Camsonne, A., Canan, M., Cates, G. D., Chen, C., Chen, J. -P., Chen, W., Chirapatpimol, K., Chudakov, E., Cisbani, E., Cornejo, J. C., Cusanno, F., Dalton, M. M., Deconinck, W., de Jager, C. W., De Leo, R., Deng, X., Deur, A., Ding, H., Dolph, P. A. M., Dutta, C., Dutta, D., El Fassi, L., Frullani, S., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gaskell, D., Gilad, S., Gilman, R., Glamazdin, O., Golge, S., Guo, L., Hamilton, D., Hansen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, J., Huang, M., Ibrahim, H. F., Iodice, M., Jiang, X., Jin, G., Jones, M. K., Kelleher, A., Kim, W., Kolarkar, A., Korsch, W., LeRose, J. J., Li, X., Li, Y., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Marrone, S., McNulty, D., Meziani, Z. -E., Michaels, R., Moffit, B., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Narayan, A., Nelyubin, V., Norum, B., Oh, Y., Osipenko, M., Parno, D., Peng, J. C., Phillips, S. K., Posik, M., Puckett, A. J. R., Qiang, Y., Rakhman, A., Ransome, R. D., Riordan, S., Saha, A., Sawatzky, B., Schulte, E., Shahinyan, A., Shabestari, M. H., Širca, S., Stepanyan, S., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Tang, L. -G., Tobias, A., Urciuoli, G. M., Vilardi, I., Wang, K., Wang, Y., Wojtsekhowski, B., Yan, X., Yao, H., Ye, Y., Ye, Z., Yuan, L., Zhan, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. -W., Zhao, B., Zheng, X., Zhu, L., Zhu, X., and Zong, X. 2014.
"Measurement of the Target-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Deep-Inelastic Scattering from the Reaction He3↑(e,e')X". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.022502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1136703.
@article{osti_1136703,
title = {Measurement of the Target-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Deep-Inelastic Scattering from the Reaction He3↑(e,e')X},
author = {Katich, J. and Qian, X. and Zhao, Y. X. and Allada, K. and Aniol, K. and Annand, J. R. M. and Averett, T. and Benmokhtar, F. and Bertozzi, W. and Bradshaw, P. C. and Bosted, P. and Camsonne, A. and Canan, M. and Cates, G. D. and Chen, C. and Chen, J. -P. and Chen, W. and Chirapatpimol, K. and Chudakov, E. and Cisbani, E. and Cornejo, J. C. and Cusanno, F. and Dalton, M. M. and Deconinck, W. and de Jager, C. W. and De Leo, R. and Deng, X. and Deur, A. and Ding, H. and Dolph, P. A. M. and Dutta, C. and Dutta, D. and El Fassi, L. and Frullani, S. and Gao, H. and Garibaldi, F. and Gaskell, D. and Gilad, S. and Gilman, R. and Glamazdin, O. and Golge, S. and Guo, L. and Hamilton, D. and Hansen, O. and Higinbotham, D. W. and Holmstrom, T. and Huang, J. and Huang, M. and Ibrahim, H. F. and Iodice, M. and Jiang, X. and Jin, G. and Jones, M. K. and Kelleher, A. and Kim, W. and Kolarkar, A. and Korsch, W. and LeRose, J. J. and Li, X. and Li, Y. and Lindgren, R. and Liyanage, N. and Long, E. and Lu, H. -J. and Margaziotis, D. J. and Markowitz, P. and Marrone, S. and McNulty, D. and Meziani, Z. -E. and Michaels, R. and Moffit, B. and Muñoz Camacho, C. and Nanda, S. and Narayan, A. and Nelyubin, V. and Norum, B. and Oh, Y. and Osipenko, M. and Parno, D. and Peng, J. C. and Phillips, S. K. and Posik, M. and Puckett, A. J. R. and Qiang, Y. and Rakhman, A. and Ransome, R. D. and Riordan, S. and Saha, A. and Sawatzky, B. and Schulte, E. and Shahinyan, A. and Shabestari, M. H. and Širca, S. and Stepanyan, S. and Subedi, R. and Sulkosky, V. and Tang, L. -G. and Tobias, A. and Urciuoli, G. M. and Vilardi, I. and Wang, K. and Wang, Y. and Wojtsekhowski, B. and Yan, X. and Yao, H. and Ye, Y. and Ye, Z. and Yuan, L. and Zhan, X. and Zhang, Y. and Zhang, Y. -W. and Zhao, B. and Zheng, X. and Zhu, L. and Zhu, X. and Zong, X.},
abstractNote = {We report the first measurement of the target single-spin asymmetry in deep-inelastic scattering from the inclusive reaction 3He↑(e,e')X on a 3He gas target polarized normal to the lepton plane. Assuming time-reversal invariance, this asymmetry is strictly zero in the Born approximation. The experiment, conducted at Jefferson Lab using a 5.89 GeV electron beam, covers a range of 1.7<2.9 GeV, 1.02<4.0 GeV2 and 0.16<0.65. Neutron asymmetries were extracted using the effective nucleon polarization and measured proton-to-3He cross section ratios. The measured neutron asymmetries are negative with an average value of (-1.04+/-0.38)×10-2 for invariant mass W>2 GeV, which is non-zero at the 2.75 sigma level. Theoretical calculations, which assume two-photon exchange with quasi-free quarks, predict a neutron asymmetry of O(10-4) when both photons couple to one quark, and O(10-2) for the photons coupling to different quarks. Our measured asymmetry agrees both in sign and magnitude with the prediction that uses input based on the Sivers transverse momentum distribution obtained from semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.022502},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1136703},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 2,
volume = 113,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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