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Title: Semi-inclusive π0 target and beam-target asymmetries from 6 GeV electron scattering with CLAS

Journal Article · · Physics Letters. B
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Here, we present precision measurements of the target and beam-target spin asymmetries from neutral pion electroproduction in deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. We scattered 6-GeV, longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons in a cryogenic 14NH3 target, and extracted double and single target spin asymmetries for ep → e'π0X in multidimensional bins in fourmomentum transfer (1.0 < Q2 < 3.2 GeV2), Bjorken-x (0.12 < x < 0.48), hadron energy fraction (0.4 < z < 0.7), transverse pion momentum (0 < PT < 1.0 GeV), and azimuthal angle Φh between the lepton scattering and hadron production planes. We extracted asymmetries as a function of both x and PT, which provide access to transverse-momentum distributions of longitudinally polarized quarks. The double spin asymmetries depend weakly on PT. The sin 2Φh moments are zero within uncertainties, which is consistent with the expected suppression of the Collins fragmentation function. The observed sin Φh moments suggest that quark gluon correlations are significant at large x.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council
Contributing Organization:
CLAS Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177; SC0016583; FG02-07ER41528; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1493445
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1464052; OSTI ID: 1480454
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-17-2567; DOE/OR/23177-4232; arXiv:1709.10054
Journal Information:
Physics Letters. B, Vol. 782, Issue C; ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 3 works
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