Single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in exclusive electroproduction of pi^+ mesons
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A single-spin asymmetry in the distribution of exclusively produced pi^+ mesons azimuthally around the virtual photon direction relative to the lepton scattering plane has been measured for the first time in deep-inelastic scattering of positrons off longitudinally polarized protons. Integrated over the experimental acceptance, the sin ϕmoment of the polarization asymmetry of the cross section is measured to be -0.18 +/- 0.05 (stat.) +/- 0.02 (syst.). The asymmetry is also studied as a function of the relevant kinematic variables, and its magnitude is found to grow with decreasing x and increasing -t and vanish at t -> t_min (where x is the Bjorken scaling variable and t is the squared four-momentum transferred to the nucleon).
PLB accepted version, 6 pages, 4 figures, LaTex (revtex4), corrected typo
PLB accepted version, 6 pages, 4 figures, LaTex (revtex4), corrected typo