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Title: Interference Fragmentation Functions and the Nucleon{close_quote}s Transversity

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

We introduce twist-two quark interference fragmentation functions in helicity density matrix formalism and study their physical implications. We show how the nucleon`s transversity distribution can be probed through the final state interaction between two mesons ({pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}}, K{bar K}, or {pi}K) produced in the current fragmentation region in deep inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized nucleon. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

DOE Contract Number:
FC02-94ER40818
OSTI ID:
664605
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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