Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.262002
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
105
Issue
26
Pages
262002 (5pg.)
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the transverse momentum dependence of double-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive production of pions in deep-inelastic scattering off the longitudinally polarized proton. Data have been obtained using a polarized electron beam of 5.7 GeV with the CLAS detector at the Jefferson Lab (JLab). Modulations of single spin asymmetries over the azimuthal angle between lepton scattering and hadron production planes ϕ have been measured over a wide kinematic range in Bjorken x and virtual photon squared four-momentum Q2. A significant nonzero sin2ϕ single spin asymmetry was observed for the first time indicating strong spin-orbit correlations for transversely polarized quarks in the longitudinally polarized proton.
Original Publication Citation
Avakian, H., Bosted, P., Burkert, V. D., Elouadrhiri, L., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., . . . Zhao, Z. W. (2010). Measurement of single- and double-spin asymmetries in deep inelastic pion electroproduction with a longitudinally polarized target. Physical Review Letters, 105(26), 262002. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.262002
ORCID
0000-0003-1582-2376 (Dodge), 0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)
Repository Citation
Avakian, H.; Bosted, P.; Burkert, V. D.; Elouadrhiri, L.; Adhikari, K. P.; Aghasyan, M.; Amaryan, M.; Anghinolfi, M.; Baghdasaryan, H.; Ball, J.; Dodge, G.; Gavalian, G.; Guler, N.; Klein, A.; Kuhn, S E.; Martinez, D.; Niroula, M. R.; Sabatié, F.; Seraydaryan, H.; Tkachenko, S.; and Weinstein, L. B., "Measurement of Single- and Double-Spin Asymmetries in Deep Inelastic Pion Electroproduction with a Longitudinally Polarized Target" (2010). Physics Faculty Publications. 83.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/83