Single spin asymmetries in charged kaon production from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized He3 target
Year: 2014
Type: article
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 $^{3}\mathrm{He}$ 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 ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ production. While the Collins and Sivers moments for ${K}^{+}$ are consistent with zero within the experimental uncertainties, both moments for ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ 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 ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ results differ from the prediction at the 2-sigma level.
Source: Physical Review C
Authors: Y. X. Zhao, Y. Wang, K. Allada, K. Aniol, J. R. M. Annand, T. Averett, F. Benmokhtar, W. Bertozzi, P. C. Bradshaw, P. Bosted, A. Camsonne, M. Canan, G. D. Cates, C. Chen, J.-P. Chen, W. Chen, K. Chirapatpimol, E. Chudakov, E. Cisbani, J. C. Cornejo, F. Cusanno, M. M. Dalton, W. Deconinck, C. W. de Jager, R. De Leo, X. Deng, A. Deur, H. Ding, P. A. M. Dolph, C. Dutta, D. Dutta, L. El Fassi, S. Frullani, H. Gao, F. Garibaldi, D. Gaskell, S. Gilad, R. Gilman, O. Glamazdin, S. Golge, L. Guo, D. Hamilton, O. Hansen, D. W. Higinbotham, T. Holmstrom, J. Huang, M. Huang, H. F. Ibrahim, M. Iodice, X. Jiang, G. Jin, M. K. Jones, J. Katich, A. Kelleher, W. Kim, A. Kolarkar, W. Korsch, J. J. LeRose, X. Li, Y. Li, R. Lindgren, N. Liyanage, E. Long, H.-J. Lu, D. J. Margaziotis, P. Markowitz, S. Marrone, D. McNulty, Z.-E. Meziani, R. Michaels, B. Moffit, C. Muñoz Camacho, S. Nanda, A. Narayan, V. Nelyubin, B. Norum, Y. Oh, M. Osipenko, D. Parno, J.-C. Peng, S. K. Phillips, M. Posik, A. J. R. Puckett, X. Qian, Y. Qiang, A. Rakhman, R. Ransome, S. Riordan, A. Saha, B. Sawatzky, E. Schulte, A. Shahinyan, M. H. Shabestari, S. Širca, S. Stepanyan, R. Subedi, V. Sulkosky, L.-G. Tang, A. Tobias, G. M. Urciuoli, I. Vilardi, K. Wang, B. Wojtsekhowski, X. Yan, H. Yao, Y. Ye, Z. Ye, L. Yuan, X. Zhan, Y. Zhang, Y.-W. Zhang, B. Zhao, X. Zheng, L. Zhu, X. Zhu, X. Zong
Institutions: University of Science and Technology of China, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California State University Los Angeles, University of Glasgow, William & Mary, Duquesne University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Hampton University, Duke University, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, University of Bari Aldo Moro, University of Kentucky, Mississippi State University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Longwood University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cairo University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre, Kyungpook National University, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Kent State University, University of New Hampshire, Florida International University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Temple University, Université Blaise Pascal, Seoul National University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Carnegie Mellon University, California Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory, University of Ljubljana, Lanzhou University
Language: Latvian
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4234428554