First global analysis of SSAs in SIDIS, Drell-Yan, e$^{\mathrm{+}}$e$^{\mathrm{-}}$ annihilation, and proton-proton collisions
ORAL
Abstract
The analysis of single transverse-spin asymmetries (SSAs) gives us tremendous insight into the internal structure of hadrons. For example, the Sivers and Collins effects in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (SIDIS), Sivers effect in Drell-Yan, and the Collins effect in electron-positron annihilation have been widely investigated over many years in order to perform 3D momentum-space tomography. In addition, observables like $A_{N}$ in proton-proton collisions are of interest due to their sensitivity to quark-gluon correlations. In this talk I will report on the first global fit of SSA data from SIDIS, Drell-Yan, e$^{\mathrm{+}}$e$^{\mathrm{-}}$ annihilation into hadron pairs, and proton-proton collisions. I will discuss the results of our analysis, including extraction of a unique set of universal non-perturbative functions that describe all observed SSAs, agreement with lattice QCD on the nucleon tensor charge, and also explore avenues for future research.
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Authors
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Daniel Pitonyak
Lebanon Valley Coll
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Justin Cammarota
William & Mary
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Leonard Gamberg
Penn State Berks, Pennsylvania State University
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Zhong-Bo Kang
UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
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Joshua Miller
Lebanon Valley Coll
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Alexei Prokudin
Penn State Berks and Jefferson Lab
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Ted Rogers
Old Dominion University and Jefferson Lab
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Nobuo Sato
Jefferson Lab, Thomas Jefferson National Lab