Measurement of “pretzelosity” asymmetry of charged pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a polarized target
Abstract
An experiment to measure single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive production of charged pions in deep-inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized 3He target was performed at Jefferson Lab in the kinematic region of 0.16<0.35 and 1.4 < Q2 < 2.7 GeV2. The pretzelosity asymmetries on 3He, which can be expressed as the convolution of the $$h^⊥_{1T}$$ transverse momentum dependent distribution functions and the Collins fragmentation functions in the leading order, were measured for the first time. Using the effective polarization approximation, we extracted the corresponding neutron asymmetries from the measured 3He asymmetries and cross-section ratios between the proton and 3He. Our results show that for both π± on 3He and on the neutron the pretzelosity asymmetries are consistent with zero within experimental uncertainties.
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- Research Org.:
- Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Contributing Org.:
- Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1599860
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1167677; OSTI ID: 1180814
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB/PHY-13-1832; DOE/OR/23177-2949
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN; 6623253105; TRN: US2103509
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-07ER41528; AC05-06OR23177; 11135002; 11120101004
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; spin asymmetry; nucleon; quantum chromodynamics (QCD); deep-inelastic scattering (DIS); orbital angular momentum; quarks
Citation Formats
Zhang, Y., Qian, X., Allada, K., Dutta, C., Huang, J., Katich, J., Wang, Y., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., Benmokhtar, F., Bertozzi, W., Bradshaw, P. C., Bosted, P., Camsonne, A., Canan, M., Cates, G. D., Chen, C., Chen, J. -P., Chen, W., Chirapatpimol, K., Chudakov, E., Cisbani, E., Cornejo, J. C., Cusanno, F., Dalton, M. M., Deconinck, W., de Jager, C. W., De Leo, R., Deng, X., Deur, A., Ding, H., Dolph, P. A. M., Dutta, D., El Fassi, L., Frullani, S., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gaskell, D., Gilad, S., Gilman, R., Glamazdin, O., Golge, S., Guo, L., Hamilton, D., Hansen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, M., Ibrahim, H. F., Iodice, M., Jiang, X., Jin, G., Jones, M. K., Kelleher, A., Kim, W., Kolarkar, A., Korsch, W., LeRose, J. J., Li, X., Li, Y., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Marrone, S., McNulty, D., Meziani, Z. -E., Michaels, R., Moffit, B., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Narayan, A., Nelyubin, V., Norum, B., Oh, Y., Osipenko, M., Parno, D., Peng, J. C., Phillips, S. K., Posik, M., Puckett, A. J. R., Qiang, Y., Rakhman, A., Ransome, R. D., Riordan, S., Saha, A., Sawatzky, B., Schulte, E., Shahinyan, A., Shabestari, M. H., Širca, S., Stepanyan, S., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Tang, L. -G., Tobias, W. A., Urciuoli, G. M., Vilardi, I., Wang, K., Wojtsekhowski, B., Yan, X., Yao, H., Ye, Y., Ye, Z., Yuan, L., Zhan, X., Zhang, Y. -W., Zhao, B., Zheng, X., Zhu, L., Zhu, X., and Zong, X. Measurement of “pretzelosity” asymmetry of charged pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a polarized He3 target. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055209.
Zhang, Y., Qian, X., Allada, K., Dutta, C., Huang, J., Katich, J., Wang, Y., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., Benmokhtar, F., Bertozzi, W., Bradshaw, P. C., Bosted, P., Camsonne, A., Canan, M., Cates, G. D., Chen, C., Chen, J. -P., Chen, W., Chirapatpimol, K., Chudakov, E., Cisbani, E., Cornejo, J. C., Cusanno, F., Dalton, M. M., Deconinck, W., de Jager, C. W., De Leo, R., Deng, X., Deur, A., Ding, H., Dolph, P. A. M., Dutta, D., El Fassi, L., Frullani, S., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gaskell, D., Gilad, S., Gilman, R., Glamazdin, O., Golge, S., Guo, L., Hamilton, D., Hansen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, M., Ibrahim, H. F., Iodice, M., Jiang, X., Jin, G., Jones, M. K., Kelleher, A., Kim, W., Kolarkar, A., Korsch, W., LeRose, J. J., Li, X., Li, Y., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Marrone, S., McNulty, D., Meziani, Z. -E., Michaels, R., Moffit, B., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Narayan, A., Nelyubin, V., Norum, B., Oh, Y., Osipenko, M., Parno, D., Peng, J. C., Phillips, S. K., Posik, M., Puckett, A. J. R., Qiang, Y., Rakhman, A., Ransome, R. D., Riordan, S., Saha, A., Sawatzky, B., Schulte, E., Shahinyan, A., Shabestari, M. H., Širca, S., Stepanyan, S., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Tang, L. -G., Tobias, W. A., Urciuoli, G. M., Vilardi, I., Wang, K., Wojtsekhowski, B., Yan, X., Yao, H., Ye, Y., Ye, Z., Yuan, L., Zhan, X., Zhang, Y. -W., Zhao, B., Zheng, X., Zhu, L., Zhu, X., & Zong, X. Measurement of “pretzelosity” asymmetry of charged pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a polarized He3 target. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055209
Zhang, Y., Qian, X., Allada, K., Dutta, C., Huang, J., Katich, J., Wang, Y., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., Benmokhtar, F., Bertozzi, W., Bradshaw, P. C., Bosted, P., Camsonne, A., Canan, M., Cates, G. D., Chen, C., Chen, J. -P., Chen, W., Chirapatpimol, K., Chudakov, E., Cisbani, E., Cornejo, J. C., Cusanno, F., Dalton, M. M., Deconinck, W., de Jager, C. W., De Leo, R., Deng, X., Deur, A., Ding, H., Dolph, P. A. M., Dutta, D., El Fassi, L., Frullani, S., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gaskell, D., Gilad, S., Gilman, R., Glamazdin, O., Golge, S., Guo, L., Hamilton, D., Hansen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, M., Ibrahim, H. F., Iodice, M., Jiang, X., Jin, G., Jones, M. K., Kelleher, A., Kim, W., Kolarkar, A., Korsch, W., LeRose, J. J., Li, X., Li, Y., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Marrone, S., McNulty, D., Meziani, Z. -E., Michaels, R., Moffit, B., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Narayan, A., Nelyubin, V., Norum, B., Oh, Y., Osipenko, M., Parno, D., Peng, J. C., Phillips, S. K., Posik, M., Puckett, A. J. R., Qiang, Y., Rakhman, A., Ransome, R. D., Riordan, S., Saha, A., Sawatzky, B., Schulte, E., Shahinyan, A., Shabestari, M. H., Širca, S., Stepanyan, S., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Tang, L. -G., Tobias, W. A., Urciuoli, G. M., Vilardi, I., Wang, K., Wojtsekhowski, B., Yan, X., Yao, H., Ye, Y., Ye, Z., Yuan, L., Zhan, X., Zhang, Y. -W., Zhao, B., Zheng, X., Zhu, L., Zhu, X., and Zong, X. Tue .
"Measurement of “pretzelosity” asymmetry of charged pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a polarized He3 target". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055209. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1599860.
@article{osti_1599860,
title = {Measurement of “pretzelosity” asymmetry of charged pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a polarized He3 target},
author = {Zhang, Y. and Qian, X. and Allada, K. and Dutta, C. and Huang, J. and Katich, J. and Wang, Y. and Aniol, K. and Annand, J. R. M. and Averett, T. and Benmokhtar, F. and Bertozzi, W. and Bradshaw, P. C. and Bosted, P. and Camsonne, A. and Canan, M. and Cates, G. D. and Chen, C. and Chen, J. -P. and Chen, W. and Chirapatpimol, K. and Chudakov, E. and Cisbani, E. and Cornejo, J. C. and Cusanno, F. and Dalton, M. M. and Deconinck, W. and de Jager, C. W. and De Leo, R. and Deng, X. and Deur, A. and Ding, H. and Dolph, P. A. M. and Dutta, D. and El Fassi, L. and Frullani, S. and Gao, H. and Garibaldi, F. and Gaskell, D. and Gilad, S. and Gilman, R. and Glamazdin, O. and Golge, S. and Guo, L. and Hamilton, D. and Hansen, O. and Higinbotham, D. W. and Holmstrom, T. and Huang, M. and Ibrahim, H. F. and Iodice, M. and Jiang, X. and Jin, G. and Jones, M. K. and Kelleher, A. and Kim, W. and Kolarkar, A. and Korsch, W. and LeRose, J. J. and Li, X. and Li, Y. and Lindgren, R. and Liyanage, N. and Long, E. and Lu, H. -J. and Margaziotis, D. J. and Markowitz, P. and Marrone, S. and McNulty, D. and Meziani, Z. -E. and Michaels, R. and Moffit, B. and Muñoz Camacho, C. and Nanda, S. and Narayan, A. and Nelyubin, V. and Norum, B. and Oh, Y. and Osipenko, M. and Parno, D. and Peng, J. C. and Phillips, S. K. and Posik, M. and Puckett, A. J. R. and Qiang, Y. and Rakhman, A. and Ransome, R. D. and Riordan, S. and Saha, A. and Sawatzky, B. and Schulte, E. and Shahinyan, A. and Shabestari, M. H. and Širca, S. and Stepanyan, S. and Subedi, R. and Sulkosky, V. and Tang, L. -G. and Tobias, W. A. and Urciuoli, G. M. and Vilardi, I. and Wang, K. and Wojtsekhowski, B. and Yan, X. and Yao, H. and Ye, Y. and Ye, Z. and Yuan, L. and Zhan, X. and Zhang, Y. -W. and Zhao, B. and Zheng, X. and Zhu, L. and Zhu, X. and Zong, X.},
abstractNote = {An experiment to measure single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive production of charged pions in deep-inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized 3He target was performed at Jefferson Lab in the kinematic region of 0.16<0.35 and 1.4 < Q2 < 2.7 GeV2. The pretzelosity asymmetries on 3He, which can be expressed as the convolution of the $h^⊥_{1T}$ transverse momentum dependent distribution functions and the Collins fragmentation functions in the leading order, were measured for the first time. Using the effective polarization approximation, we extracted the corresponding neutron asymmetries from the measured 3He asymmetries and cross-section ratios between the proton and 3He. Our results show that for both π± on 3He and on the neutron the pretzelosity asymmetries are consistent with zero within experimental uncertainties.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055209},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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