Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055201
Publication Title
Physical Review C
Volume
90
Issue
5
Pages
055201 (6 pages)
Abstract
We report the first measurement of target single spin asymmetries of charged kaons produced in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering of electrons off a transversely polarized 3He target. Both the Collins and Sivers moments, which are related to the nucleon transversity and Sivers distributions, respectively, are extracted over the kinematic range of0.1 < xbj < 0.4for K+ and K− production. While the Collins and Sivers moments for K+ are consistent with zero within the experimental uncertainties, both moments for K− favor negative values. The Sivers moments are compared to the theoretical prediction from a phenomenological fit to the world data. While the K+ Sivers moments are consistent with the prediction, the K− results differ from the prediction at the 2-sigma level.
Original Publication Citation
Zhao, Y. X., Wang, Y., Allada, K., Aniol, K., Annand, J. R. M., Averett, T., . . . Jefferson Lab Hall, A. C. (2014). Single spin asymmetries in charged kaon production from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized 3He target. Physical Review C, 90(5), 055201. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055201
Repository Citation
Zhao, Y. X.; Wang, Y.; Allada, K.; Aniol, K.; Annand, J. R. M.; Averett, T.; Benmokhtar, F.; Bertozzi, W.; Bradshaw, P. C.; and Canan, M., "Single Spin Asymmetries in Charged Kaon Production from Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering on a Transversely Polarized He-3 Target" (2014). Physics Faculty Publications. 204.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/204
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