Spin asymmetry at large x_F and k_T

dc.creatorJarvinen, M.
dc.date2007-10-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:37:42Z
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dc.descriptionWe suggest that the large single spin asymmetries observed at high momentum fractions x_F and transverse momenta k_T of the pion in p^\uparrow p -> π(x_F,k_T)+X arise from the coherence of the soft interactions with the hard parton scattering process. Such coherence can be maintained if x_F -> 1 as k_T -> \infty, while k_T^2(1-x_F) ~ Λ_{QCD}^2 stays fixed. Analogous coherence effects have been seen experimentally in the Drell-Yan process at high x_F. We find that the p^\uparrow p -> πX production amplitudes have large dynamic phases and that helicity flip contributions are unsuppressed in this limit, giving rise to potentially large single spin asymmetries.
dc.description3 pages, 1 figure. Talk given at EPS HEP 2007, Manchester
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0343
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0343
dc.identifierJ.Phys.Conf.Ser.110:022021,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1742-6596/110/2/022021
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199293
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleSpin asymmetry at large x_F and k_T
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