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Single transverse-spin asymmetry for D-meson production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
We study the single transverse-spin asymmetry for open charm production in the semi-inclusive lepton-hadron deep inelastic scattering. We calculate the asymmetry in terms of the QCD collinear factorization approach for D mesons at high enough P{sub hperpendicular} and find that the asymmetry is proportional to the twist-three trigluon correlation function in the proton. With a simple model for the trigluon correlation function, we estimate the asymmetry for both COMPASS and eRHIC kinematics and discuss the possibilities of extracting the trigluon correlation function in these experiments.
OSTI ID:
21250609
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 78; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English