Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
DOI
10.1103/2m4z-htrp
Publication Title
Physical Review C
Volume
112
Pages
055202
Abstract
Measurements of beam single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic electron scattering (SIDIS) with positively charged kaons off protons have been performed with 10.6 and 10.2 GeV incident electron beams using the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Lab. We report an analysis of the electroproduction of positively charged kaons over a large kinematic range of fractional energy, Bjorken x, transverse momentum, and photon virtualities Q² ranging from 1 GeV² up to 6 GeV². This is the first published multidimensionally binned CLAS12 measurement of a kaon SIDIS single-spin asymmetry in the valence quark regime. The data provide constraints on the structure function ratio F-LUsin 𝜙 /F-UU, where F-LUsin 𝜙 is a quantity with a leading twist of twist-3 that can reveal novel aspects of the quark-gluon correlations within the nucleon. The impact of the data on understanding the underlying reaction mechanisms and their kinematic variation is explored using theoretical models for the different contributing twist-3 parton-distribution functions (PDFs) and fragmentation functions (FFs).
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Data Availability
Article states: "The data that support the findings of this article are not publicly available because they are owned by a this party and the terms of use prevent public distribution. The data are available from the authors upon reasonable request."
Original Publication Citation
Kripko, A., Diehl, S., Joo, K., Achenbach, P., Alvarado, J. S., Amaryan, M., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Baashen, L., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S.,…Zurek, M.. (2025). Multidimensional measurements of beam single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic charged-kaon electroproduction off protons in the valence region. Physical Review C, 112(5), 1-8, Article 055202. https://doi.org/10.1103/2m4z-htrp
ORCID
0000-0002-5648-0256 (Amaryan), 0000-0003-2086-2807 (Hattawy), 0000-0003-2243-6836 (Kuhn)
Repository Citation
CLAS Collaboration; Kripko, A.; Diehl, S.; Joo, K.; Achenbach, P.; Alvarado, J. S.; Amaryan, M.; Armstrong, W. R.; Atac, H.; Avakian, H.; Baashen, L.; Baltzell, N. A.; Barion, L.; Bashkanov, L.; Benmokhtar, F.; Bianconi, A.; Biselli, A. S.; Bondi, M.; Bossù, F.; Boiarinov, S.; Brinkmann, K. -T.; Briscoe, W. J.; Brooks, W. K.; Cao, T.; Capobianco, R.; Carman, D. S.; Carvajal, J. C.; Celentano, A.; Chatagnon, P.; Ciullo, G.; Cole, P. L.; Contalbrigo, M.; Crede, V.; D'Angelo, A.; Dashyan, N.; De Vita, R.; Defurne, M.; Deur, A.; Dilks, C.; Djalali, C.; Dupre, R.; Egiyan, H.; El Alaoui, A.; El Fassi, L.; Elouadrhiri, L.; Fegan, S.; Fernando, I. P.; Filippi, A.; Gavalian, G.; Gilfoyle, G. P.; Glazier, D. I.; Gothe, R. W.; Gotra, Y.; Hafidi, K.; Hakobyan, H.; Hattawy, M.; Hauenstein, F.; Hayward, T. B.; Heddle, D.; Hobart, A.; Holtrop, M.; Ilieva, Y.; Ireland, D. G.; Isupov, E. L.; Jiang, H.; Jo, H. S.; Kageya, T.; Kim, A.; Kim, W.; Klimenko, V.; Kubarovsky, V.; Kuhn, S. E.; Lanza, L.; Lenisa, P.; Li, X.; Lu, Z.; MacGregor, I. J. D.; Marchand, D.; Martiryan, D.; Mascagna, V.; Matamoros, D.; Maynes, M.; McKinnon, B.; Milner, R. G.; Mineeva, T.; Mirazita, M.; Mokeev, V.; Munoz Camacho, C.; Nadel-Turonski, P.; Nagorna, T.; Neupane, K.; Nguyen, D.; Niccolai, S.; Niculescu, G.; Osipenko, M.; Ouillon, M.; Pandey, P.; Pappalardo, L. L.; Paremuzyan, R.; Pasyuk, E.; Paul, S. J.; Pilleux, N.; Polcher Rafael, S.; Poudel, J.; Price, J. W.; Prok, Y.; Reed, T.; Ripani, M.; Ritman, J.; Roberts, C. D.; Rossi, P.; Rusova, A. A.; Schadmand, S.; Schmidt, A.; Sharabian, Y. G.; Shirokov, E. V.; Shrestha, S.; Shrestha, U.; Sokhan, D.; Sparveris, N.; Spreafico, M.; Strakovsky, I. I.; Strauch, S.; Tyson, R.; Ungaro, M.; Vallarino, S.; Venturelli, L.; Vittorini, T.; Voskanyan, H.; Vossen, A.; Voutier, E.; Wang, Y.; Watts, D. P.; Weerasinghe, U.; Wei, X.; Wood, M. H.; Xu, L.; Xu, S. -S.; Zachariou, N.; Ziegler, V.; and Zurek, M., "Multidimensional Measurements of Beam Single-Spin Asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Charged-Kaon Electroproduction Off Protons in the Valence Region" (2025). Physics Faculty Publications. 1009.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/1009
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