Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2009-02-03
AIP Conf.Proc.1149:419-422,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
proceeding of SPIN 2008, Charlottesville Virginia
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3215679
Single spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering off transversely polarized nucleon targets have been under intense experimental investigation over the past few years. They provide new insights into QCD and the nucleon structure. For instance, they allow the determination of the third yet-unknown leading-twist quark distribution function $\Delta_{T}q(x)$, the transversity distribution. Additionally, they give insight into the parton transverse momentum distribution and angular momentum. The measurement of transverse spin effects in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering is an important part of the COMPASS physics program. In the years 2002-2004 data were collected scattering a 160 GeV muon beam on a transversely polarized deuteron target. In 2007, additional data were collected on a transversely polarized proton target. New results from the analysis of the proton data will be presented. A different but not less important insight into the nucleon structure might be given by the Sivers asymmetry. This angular dependence of the cross-section arises from an intrinsic asymmetry in the parton transverse momentum distribution. The Sivers function is tightly related to the total angular momentum carried by the quarks in the nucleon. New COMPASS results for the Sivers asymmetry of the proton will be shown.
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