Electron Ion Collider transverse spin physics

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3601435· OSTI ID:21608249

Prokudin, Alexei ^[1]

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1. Jefferson Lab, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606 (United States)

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.

• OSTI ID: 21608249
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1350; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHIRAL SYMMETRY
COLLIDING BEAMS
DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FUNCTIONS
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HADRONS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PARTICLE STRUCTURE
POLARIZED BEAMS
QUARKS
SCATTERING
SPIN
SYMMETRY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM