skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Measurements of transverse momentum in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering at CLAS

Conference · · Proceedings of Science
OSTI ID:1059389

With mounting experimental evidence that only a small fraction of the proton's spin comes from the spins of its quarks and gluons, the quest for orbital angular momentum has begun. The parton distributions relevant to this depend on transverse quark momenta. Recent CLAS semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering measurements probe these new transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions using longitudinally polarized beams and targets and detecting {pi}{sup +},{pi}{sup -} and {pi}{sup 0} in the final state.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
1059389
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-12-1414; DOE/OR/23177-2434
Journal Information:
Proceedings of Science, Vol. BORMIO2012; Conference: 50th International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, 23-27 January 2012, Bormio, Italy; Related Information: JLAB-EXP-05-113 and JLAB-EXP-05-114 (eg1-dvcs)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English