Multidimensional Measurements of Beam Single-Spin Asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Charged-Kaon Electroproduction Off Protons in the Valence Region

Authors

• CLAS Collaboration
• A. Kripko, Il Physikalisches Institut der Universität Giessen
• S. Diehl, University of Connecticut - Storrs
• K. Joo, University of Connecticut - Storrs
• P. Achenbach, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• J. S. Alvarado, Université Paris-Saclay
• M. Amaryan, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• W. R. Armstrong, Argonne National Laboratory
• H. Atac, Temple University
• H. Avakian, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• L. Baashen, King Said University
• N. A. Baltzell, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• L. Barion, INFN, Sezione di Ferrara
• L. Bashkanov, University of York
• F. Benmokhtar, Duquesne University
• A. Bianconi, Università di Roma Tor Vergata
• A. S. Biselli, Fairfield University
• M. Bondi, INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata
• F. Bossù, Université Paris-Saclay
• S. Boiarinov, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• K. -T. Brinkmann, Il Physikalisches Institut der Universität Giessen
• W. J. Briscoe, The George Washington University
• W. K. Brooks, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria
• T. Cao, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• R. Capobianco, University of Connecticut - Storrs
• D. S. Carman, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• J. C. Carvajal, Florida International University
• A. Celentano, INFN, Sezione di Genova
• P. Chatagnon, Université Paris-Saclay
• G. Ciullo, INFN Sezione di Ferrara
• P. L. Cole, Lamar University
• M. Contalbrigo, INFN Sezione di Ferrara
• V. Crede, Florida State University
• A. D'Angelo, INFN Sezione di Ferrara
• N. Dashyan, Yerevan Physics Institute
• R. De Vita, INFN Sezione di Genova
• M. Defurne, Université Paris-Saclay
• A. Deur, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• C. Dilks, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• C. Djalali, Ohio University
• R. Dupre, Université Paris-Saclay
• H. Egiyan, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• A. El Alaoui, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• L. El Fassi, Mississippi State University
• L. Elouadrhiri, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• S. Fegan, University of York
• I. P. Fernando, University of Virginia
• A. Filippi, INFN Sezione di Torino
• G. Gavalian, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• G. P. Gilfoyle, University of Richmond
• D. I. Glazier, University of Glasgow
• R. W. Gothe, University of South Carolina - Columbia
• Y. Gotra, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• K. Hafidi, Argonne National Laboratory
• H. Hakobyan, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• M. Hattawy, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• F. Hauenstein, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• T. B. Hayward, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• D. Heddle, Christopher Newport University
• A. Hobart, Université Paris-Saclay
• M. Holtrop, University of New Hampshire
• Y. Ilieva, University of South Carolina
• D. G. Ireland, University of Glasgow
• E. L. Isupov, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• H. Jiang, University of Glasgow
• H. S. Jo, Kyungpook National University
• T. Kageya, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• A. Kim, University of Connecticut
• W. Kim, Kyungpook National University
• V. Klimenko, University of Connecticut - Storrs
• V. Kubarovsky, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• S. E. Kuhn, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• L. Lanza, INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata
• P. Lenisa, INFN Sezione di Ferrara
• X. Li, Shandong University
• Z. Lu, Southeast University
• I. J. D. MacGregor, University of Glasgow
• D. Marchand, Université Paris-Saclay
• D. Martiryan, Yerevan Physics Institute
• V. Mascagna, Università degli Studi di Brescia
• D. Matamoros, Université Paris-Saclay
• M. Maynes, Mississippi State University
• B. McKinnon, University of Glasgow
• R. G. Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• T. Mineeva, Universidad de La Serena
• M. Mirazita, INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
• V. Mokeev, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• C. Munoz Camacho, Université Paris-Saclay
• P. Nadel-Turonski, University of South Carolina
• T. Nagorna, INFN Sezione di Genova
• K. Neupane, University of South Carolina
• D. Nguyen, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• S. Niccolai, Université Paris-Saclay
• G. Niculescu, James Madison University
• M. Osipenko, INFN Sezione di Genova
• M. Ouillon, Mississippi State University
• P. Pandey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• L. L. Pappalardo, INFN Sezione di Ferrara
• R. Paremuzyan, University of New Hampshire
• E. Pasyuk, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• S. J. Paul, University of California Riverside
• N. Pilleux, Argonne National Laboratory
• S. Polcher Rafael, Université Paris-Saclay
• J. Poudel, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• J. W. Price, California State University, Dominguez Hills
• Y. Prok, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• T. Reed, Florida International University
• M. Ripani, INFN Sezione di Genova
• J. Ritman, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH
• C. D. Roberts, Nanjing University
• P. Rossi, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• A. A. Rusova, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• S. Schadmand, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH
• A. Schmidt, The George Washington University
• Y. G. Sharabian, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• E. V. Shirokov, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• S. Shrestha, Temple University
• U. Shrestha, University of Connecticut
• D. Sokhan, University of Glasgow
• N. Sparveris, Temple University
• M. Spreafico, INFN Sezione di Genova
• I. I. Strakovsky, The George Washington University
• S. Strauch, University of South Carolina
• R. Tyson, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• M. Ungaro, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• S. Vallarino, INFN Sezione di Genova
• L. Venturelli, INFN Sezione di Pavia
• T. Vittorini, INFN Sezione di Genova
• H. Voskanyan, Yerevan Physics Institute
• A. Vossen, Duke University
• E. Voutier, Université Paris-Saclay
• Y. Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• D. P. Watts, University of York
• U. Weerasinghe, Mississippi State University
• X. Wei, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• M. H. Wood, Canisius University
• L. Xu, Université Paris-Saclay
• S. -S. Xu, Nanjiang University of Posts and Telecommunications
• N. Zachariou, University of York
• V. Ziegler, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• M. Zurek, Argonne National Laboratory

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-_LU^{sin 𝜙} /F-_UU, where F-_LU^sin 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