Analysis of the cos(2φ) and cos(φ) modulations in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering

ORAL

Abstract

The 3D momentum-space tomography of hadrons can be studied through azimuthal modulations that arise in the cross-section of high-energy particle collisions. Lepton-nucleon semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (SIDIS) is of particular interest due to the sensitivity resulting from the parton intrinsic transverse momentum kT. The cos(2φ) modulation has two sources: a correlation between parton transverse spin and kT, encoded in the twist-2 Boer-Mulders Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) function, and a higher-twist (twist-4) so-called Cahn effect involving unpolarized TMD functions. In this work, we study SIDIS data from the HERMES, COMPASS, and CLAS collaborations in order to extract the Boer-Mulders function while considering contributions from the Cahn effect. Also, theory calculations are implemented for the cos(φ) modulation, using results from the cos(2φ) analysis, to help further validate the non-perturbative quantities extracted from the latter analysis.

*This research is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-2011763 (BG, DP, AR, TR), No. PHY-2110472 (AM), No. PHY-2012002 (AP), and within the framework of the U.S. Department of Energy TMD Topical Collaboration.

Presenters

  • Benjamin Gordon

    • Lebanon Valley College

Authors

  • Benjamin Gordon

    • Lebanon Valley College
  • Andreas Metz

    • Temple University
  • Daniel Pitonyak

    • Lebanon Valley College
  • Alexei Prokudin

    • Penn State Berks
  • Adam J Rilatt

    • Lebanon Valley College
  • Tristan Rosenberry

    • Lebanon Valley College