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Analysis of the cos(2φ) and cos(φ) modulations in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering

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Abstract

The 3D momentum-space tomography of hadrons can be studied through azimuthal modulations that arise in the cross-section of high-energy particle collisions. Lepton-nucleon semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (SIDIS) is of particular interest due to the sensitivity resulting from the parton intrinsic transverse momentum kT. The cos(2φ) modulation has two sources: a correlation between parton transverse spin and kT, encoded in the twist-2 Boer-Mulders Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) function, and a higher-twist (twist-4) so-called Cahn effect involving unpolarized TMD functions. In this work, we study SIDIS data from the HERMES, COMPASS, and CLAS collaborations in order to extract the Boer-Mulders function while considering contributions from the Cahn effect. Also, theory calculations are implemented for the cos(φ) modulation, using results from the cos(2φ) analysis, to help further validate the non-perturbative quantities extracted from the latter analysis.

Presenters

  • Benjamin Gordon

    Lebanon Valley College

Authors

  • Benjamin Gordon

    Lebanon Valley College

  • Andreas Metz

    Temple University

  • Daniel Pitonyak

    Lebanon Valley College

  • Alexei Prokudin

    Penn State Berks

  • Adam J Rilatt

    Lebanon Valley College

  • Tristan Rosenberry

    Lebanon Valley College