Beam Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Electroproduction of Hadron Pairs.

Authors

M. Mirazita
H. Avakian
A. Courtoy
S. Pisano
S. Adhikari
M. J. Amaryan
Giovanni Angelini
H. Atac
Gerard P. Gilfoyle, University of RichmondFollow
et al.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.062002

Abstract

A first measurement of the longitudinal beam spin asymmetry A_LU in the semi-inclusive electroproduction of pairs of charged pions is reported. A_LU is a higher-twist observable and offers the cleanest access to the nucleon twist-3 parton distribution function e(x). Data have been collected in the Hall-B at Jefferson Lab by impinging a 5.498-GeV electron beam on a liquid-hydrogen target, and reconstructing the scattered electron and the pion pair with the CLAS detector. One-dimensional projections of the A^sinϕR_LU moments are extracted for the kinematic variables of interest in the valence quark region. The understanding of dihadron production is essential for the interpretation of observables in single-hadron production in semi-inclusive DIS, and pioneering measurements of single-spin asymmetries in dihadron production open a new avenue in studies of QCD dynamics.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-12-2021

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2021, APS Physics.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.062002.

Recommended Citation

Mirazita, M., H. Avakian, A. Courtoy, S. Pisano, S. Adhikari, M. J. Amaryan, Giovanni Angelini, G. P. Gilfoyle, et al. “Beam Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Electroproduction of Hadron Pairs.” Physical Review Letters 126, no. 6 (February 12, 2021): 062002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.062002.