Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-01-20
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Scientific paper
Two factorization approaches have been proposed for single transverse spin asymmetries. One is the collinear factorization, another is the transverse-momentum-dependent factorization. They have been previously derived in a formal way by using diagram expansion at hadron level. If the two factorizations hold or can be proven, they should also hold when we replace hadrons with parton states. We examine these two factorizations at parton level with massless partons. It is nontrivial to generate these asymmetries at parton level with massless partons because the asymmetries require helicity-flip and nonzero absorptive parts in scattering amplitudes. By constructing suitable parton states with massless partons we derive the two factorizations for the asymmetry in Drell-Yan processes. It is found from our results that the collinear factorization derived at parton level is not the same as that derived at hadron level. Our results with massless partons confirm those derived with single massive parton state in our previous works.
Cao G.-H.
Ma Jian-Ping
Sang H. Z.
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