Spin dependent fragmentation functions at belle

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Abstract

The measurement of the so far unknown chiral-odd quark transverse spin distribution in either semi-inclusive DIS (SIDIS) or inclusive measurements in pp collisions at RHIC has an additional chiral-odd fragmentation function appearing in the cross section. This chiral-odd fragmentation functions (FF) can for example be the so-called Collins FF 1 or the Interference FF. HERMES 2 has given a first hint that these FFs are nonzero, however in order to measure the transversity one needs these FFs to be precisely known. We have used 29.0 fb-1 of data collected by the Belle experiment at the KEKB e+e- collider to measure azimuthal asymmetries for different charge combinations of pion pairs and thus access the Collins FF.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDeep Inelastic Scattering - Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop, DIS 2006
Pages675-678
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2006
Event14th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and QCD, DIS 2006 - Tsukuba, Japan
Duration: Apr 20 2006Apr 24 2006

Publication series

NameDeep Inelastic Scattering - Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop, DIS 2006

Other

Other14th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and QCD, DIS 2006
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTsukuba
Period4/20/064/24/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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