Novel quark fragmentation functions and the nucleon's transversity distribution

Journal Article · Mon Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2547· OSTI ID:5833706

Jaffe, R L; Ji, X ^[1]

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1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

We define twist-two and twist-three quark fragmentation functions in quantum chromodynamics and study their physical implications. Using this formalism we show how the nucleon's transversity distribution can be measured in single pion inclusive electroproduction.

• OSTI ID: 5833706
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 71:16; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARKS
FRAGMENTATION
CHIRALITY
DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTROPRODUCTION
INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS
PIONS
SPIN
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
HADRONS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
MESONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SCATTERING
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