Electron Ion Collider transverse spin physics

Conference · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3601435· OSTI ID:1021916

Prokudin, Alexei

Electron Ion Collider is a future high energy facility for studies of the structure of the nucleon. Three-dimensional parton structure is one of the main goals of EIC. In momentum space Transverse Momentum Dependent Distributions (TMDs) are the key ingredients to map such a structure. At leading twist spin structure of spin-1/2 hadron can be described by 8 TMDs. Experimentally these functions can be studied in polarised SIDIS experiments. We discuss Sivers distribution function that describes distribution of unpolarised quarks in a transversely polarised nucleon and transversity that measures distribution of transversely polarised quarks in a transversely polarised nucleon

• 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: 1021916
• Report Number(s): JLAB-THY-10-1309; DOE/OR/23177-3703; TRN: US1104105
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1350; Conference: Diffraction 2010,10-15 Sep 2010, Otranto, Lecce, Italy
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DIFFRACTION
DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTRONS
HADRONS
NUCLEONS
PHYSICS
QUARKS
SPIN
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM