Double-Spin Asymmetry A{sub LT} for Polarized Drell-Yan Process in pp-bar Collisions: Wandzura-Wilczek Contribution
- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 950-2181 (Japan)
- Department of Physics, Juntendo University, Inba, Chiba 270-1695 (Japan)
The longitudinal-transverse spin asymmetry A{sub LT} in the polarized Drell-Yan process depends on twist-3 quark distributions of nucleon. In addition to the contributions associated with the twist-3 operators, these distributions contain the 'Wandzura-Wilczek (WW)' part, which is determined by a certain integral of twist-2 distributions. The recently obtained empirical information on the transversity allows a realistic estimate of the WW contribution to A{sub LT} for the polarized pp-bar collisions. Our results indicate that rather large A{sub LT}({approx}10%) can be observed in the proposed spin experiments at GSI, with novel pattern as a function of dilepton mass compared with A{sub TT} and A{sub LL}.
- OSTI ID:
- 21316961
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1149, Issue 1; Conference: 18. international spin physics symposium, Charlottesville, VA (United States), 6-11 Oct 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3215697; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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