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质子-质子碰撞中W-产生的横向自旋不对称性

Transverse spin asymmetries for W-production in proton-proton collisions

A. Metz, J. Zhou

摘要:

我们研究了过程$p \, p \to l^{\pm} \, X$的宇称偶和宇称奇偏振观测值,其中轻子来自于$W$ -玻色子的衰变。通过使用共线扭曲-3因子分解方法,我们考虑的情况下,当一个质子是横向极化,而另一个是非极化或纵向极化。这些观测量提供了两个特殊的夸克-胶子-夸克关联函数,它们与横动量相关的部分子分布有直接关系。我们提出了RHIC运动学的数值估计。例如,测量宇称偶横向单自旋关联将为我们目前在QCD框架内对单自旋不对称性的理解提供一个关键的测试。

英文摘要:

We study parity-even and parity-odd polarization observables for the process $p \, p \to l^{\pm} \, X$, where the lepton comes from the decay of a $W$-boson. By using the collinear twist-3 factorization approach, we consider the case when one proton is transversely polarized, while the other is either unpolarized or longitudinally polarized. These observables give access to two particular quark-gluon-quark correlation functions, which have a direct relation to transverse momentum dependent parton distributions. We present numerical estimates for RHIC kinematics. Measuring, for instance, the parity-even transverse single spin correlation would provide a crucial test of our current understanding of single spin asymmetries in the framework of QCD.

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