The cos 2 phi asymmetry of Drell-Yan and J/psi production in unpolarized ppbar scattering

dc.creatorBarone, Vincenzo
dc.creatorLu, Zhun
dc.creatorMa, Bo-Qiang
dc.date2006-12-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:22:24Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:22:24Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the cos 2 phi azimuthal asymmetry in Drell--Yan and J/psi production from unpolarized ppbar scattering at GSI-HESR energies. The contribution to this asymmetry arising from the leading-twist Boer-Mulders function h_1^perp(x, k_T^2), which describes a correlation between the transverse momentum and the transverse spin of quarks in an unpolarized hadron, is explicitly evaluated, and predictions for the GSI-HESR kinematic regime are presented. We show that the cos 2 phi asymmetry is quite sizable both on the J/psi peak and in the Drell-Yan continuum region. Therefore these processes may offer an experimentally viable access to the Boer-Mulders function in the early unpolarized stage of GSI experiments.
dc.description5 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Eur. Phys. J
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0612350
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0612350
dc.identifierEur.Phys.J.C49:967-971,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0174-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194559
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleThe cos 2 phi asymmetry of Drell-Yan and J/psi production in unpolarized ppbar scattering
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