DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.262002
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the transverse momentum dependence of double-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive production of pions in deep-inelastic scattering off the longitudinally polarized proton. Data have been obtained using a polarized electron beam of 5.7 GeV with the CLAS detector at the Jefferson Lab (JLab). Modulations of single spin asymmetries over the azimuthal angle between lepton scattering and hadron production planes φ have been measured over a wide kinematic range in Bjorken x and virtual photon squared four-momentum Q2. A significant nonzero sin2φ single spin asymmetry was observed for the first time indicating strong spin-orbit correlations for transversely polarized quarks in the longitudinally polarized proton.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-31-2010
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2010 American Physical Society. This article first appeared in Physical Review Letters 105, no. 26 (December 31, 2010): 262002: 1-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.262002.
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Avakian, H., P. Bosted, V. Burkert, L. Elouadrhiri, K. Adhikari, M. Aghasyan, M. Amaryan, M. Anghinolfi, H. Baghdasaryan, J. Ball, M. Battaglieri, I. Bedlinskiy, A. Biselli, D. Branford, W. Briscoe, W. Brooks, D. Carman, L. Casey, P. Cole, P. Collins, D. Crabb, V. Crede, A. D’Angelo, A. Daniel, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, A. Deur, B. Dey, S. Dhamija, R. Dickson, C. Djalali, G. Dodge, D. Doughty, R. Dupre, A. El Alaoui, P. Eugenio, S. Fegan, R. Fersch, T. Forest, A. Fradi, M. Gabrielyan, G. Gavalian, N. Gevorgyan, G. Gilfoyle, K. Giovanetti, F. Girod, W. Gohn, R. Gothe, K. Griffioen, M. Guidal, N. Guler, L. Guo, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, C. Hanretty, N. Hassall, D. Heddle, K. Hicks, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D. Ireland, E. Isupov, S. Jawalkar, H. Jo, K. Joo, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, P. Khetarpal, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. Klein, P. Konczykowski, V. Kubarovsky, S. Kuhn, S. Kuleshov, V. Kuznetsov, K. Livingston, H. Lu, N. Markov, M. Mayer, D. Martinez, J. McAndrew, M. McCracken, B. McKinnon, C. Meyer, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, B. Moreno, K. Moriya, B. Morrison, H. Moutarde, E. Munevar, P. Nadel-Turonski, R. Nasseripour, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, M. Niroula, M. Osipenko, A. Ostrovidov, R. Paremuzyan, K. Park, S. Park, E. Pasyuk, S. Anefalos Pereira, Y. Perrin, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, J. Price, S. Procureur, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, B. Raue, G. Ricco, M. Ripani, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, F. Sabatié, M. Saini, J. Salamanca, C. Salgado, R. Schumacher, E. Seder, H. Seraydaryan, Y. Sharabian, D. Sober, D. Sokhan, S. Stepanyan, S. Stepanyan, P. Stoler, S. Strauch, R. Suleiman, M. Taiuti, D. Tedeschi, S. Tkachenko, M. Ungaro, B. Vernarsky, M. Vineyard, E. Voutier, D. Watts, L. Weinstein, D. Weygand, M. Wood, J. Zhang, B. Zhao, and Z. Zhao. "Measurement of Single- and Double-Spin Asymmetries in Deep Inelastic Pion Electroproduction with a Longitudinally Polarized Target." Physical Review Letters 105, no. 26 (December 31, 2010): 262002: 1-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.262002.