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Single spin asymmetries in charged kaon production from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized He-3 target
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  • Y. X. Zhao
  • H. -J. Lu
  • X. Yan
  • Todd Averett, William & Mary
  • P. C. Bradshaw, William & Mary
  • J. Katich, William & Mary
  • A. Kelleher, William & Mary
  • B. Zhao, William & Mary
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Pub Date
1-1-2014
Abstract

We report the first measurement of target single spin asymmetries of charged kaons produced in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering of electrons off a transversely polarized He-3 target. Both the Collins and Sivers moments, which are related to the nucleon transversity and Sivers distributions, respectively, are extracted over the kinematic range of 0.1 < x(bj) < 0.4 for K+ and K- production. While the Collins and Sivers moments for K+ are consistent with zero within the experimental uncertainties, both moments for K- favor negative values. The Sivers moments are compared to the theoretical prediction from a phenomenological fit to the world data. While the K+ Sivers moments are consistent with the prediction, the K- results differ from the prediction at the 2-sigma level.

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055201
Citation Information
Y. X. Zhao, H. -J. Lu, X. Yan, Todd Averett, et al.. "Single spin asymmetries in charged kaon production from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized He-3 target" (2014) p. 5 - 90
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/todd-averett/34/