1. Evidence for a single-spin azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction
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Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Beckmann, M., Krivokhijine, V. G., Kurisuno, M., Kyle, G., Lachnit, W., Lenisa, P., Lorenzon, W., Makins, N. C. R., Martens, F. K., Martin, J. W., Masoli, F., Belostotski, S., Mateos, A., McAndrew, M., McIlhany, K., McKeown, R. D., Meissner, F., Menden, F., Metz, A., Meyners, N., Mikloukho, O., Miller, C. A., Belz, J. E., Miller, M. A., Milner, R., Most, A., Muccifora, V., Mussa, R., Nagaitsev, A., Naryshkin, Y., Nathan, A. M., Neunreither, F., Niczyporuk, M., Benisch, Th., Nowak, W.-D., Nupieri, M., Oganessyan, K. A., O'Neill, T. G., Openshaw, R., Ouyang, J., Owen, B. R., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pitt, M., Bernreuther, S., Potashov, S., Potterveld, D. H., Rakness, G., Reali, A., Redwine, R., Reolon, A. R., Ristinen, R., Rith, K., Rossi, P., Rudnitsky, S., Bianchi, N., Ruh, M., Ryckbosch, D., Sakemi, Y., Savin, I., Scarlett, C., Schäfer, A., Schmidt, F., Schmitt, H., Schnell, G., Schüler, K. P., Blouw, J., Schwind, A., Seibert, J., Shibata, T.-A., Shibatani, K., Shin, T., Shutov, V., Simani, C., Simon, A., Sinram, K., Slavich, P., Böttcher, H., Spengos, M., Steffens, E., Stenger, J., Stewart, J., Stoesslein, U., Sutter, M., Tallini, H., Taroian, S., Terkulov, A., Teryaev, O., Borissov, A., Thomas, E., Tipton, B., Tytgat, M., Urciuoli, G. M., van den Brand, J. F. J., van der Steenhoven, G., van de Vyver, R., van Hunen, J. J., Vetterli, M. C., Vikhrov, V., Bouwhuis, M., Vincter, M. G., Visser, J., Volk, E., Wander, W., Wendland, J., Williamson, S. E., Wise, T., Woller, K., Yoneyama, S., Zohrabian, H., Amarian, M., Brack, J., HERMES Collaboration, Brauksiepe, S., Braun, B., Bray, B., Brons, St., Brückner, W., Brüll, A., Bruins, E. E. W., Bulten, H. J., Capitani, G. P., Aschenauer, E. C., Carter, P., Chumney, P., Cisbani, E., Court, G. R., Dalpiaz, P. F., De Sanctis, E., De Schepper, D., Devitsin, E., de Witt Huberts, P. K. A., Di Nezza, P., Avakian, H., Düren, M., Dvoredsky, A., Elbakian, G., Ely, J., Fantoni, A., Fechtchenko, A., Ferstl, M., Fiedler, K., Filippone, B. W., Fischer, H., Avakian, R., Fox, B., Franz, J., Frullani, S., Funk, M.-A., Gärber, Y., Gao, H., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Geiger, P., Gharibyan, V., Avetissian, A., Golendukhin, A., Graw, G., Grebeniouk, O., Green, P. W., Greeniaus, L. G., Grosshauser, C., Guidal, M., Gute, A., Gyurjyan, V., Haas, J. P., Avetissian, E., Haeberli, W., Hansen, J.-O., Hartig, M., Hasch, D., Häusser, O., Heinsius, F. H., Henderson, R., Henoch, M., Hertenberger, R., Holler, Y., Bains, B., Holt, R. J., Hoprich, W., Ihssen, H., Iodice, M., Izotov, A., Jackson, H. E., Jgoun, A., Kaiser, R., Kinney, E., Kisselev, A., Baumgarten, C., Kitching, P., Kobayashi, H., Koch, N., Königsmann, K., Kolstein, M., Kolster, H., Korotkov, V., Korsch, W., Kozlov, V., Kramer, L. H., and (Astro)-Particles Physics
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Quark ,Particle physics ,Proton structure ,FRAGMENTATION FUNCTIONS ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Physics and Astronomy ,BEAM ,NUCLEONS ,01 natural sciences ,Asymmetry ,Nuclear physics ,Pion ,LEPTOPRODUCTION ,0103 physical sciences ,ddc:550 ,DISTRIBUTIONS ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics ,media_common ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Scattering ,polarized target internal ,Deep inelastic scattering ,Transverse plane ,Distribution function ,ANALYZING POWER ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Lepton - Abstract
Single-spin asymmetries for semi-inclusive pion production in deep-inelastic scattering have been measured for the first time. A significant target-spin asymmetry of the distribution in the azimuthal angle straight phi of the pion relative to the lepton scattering plane was formed for pi(+) electroproduction on a longitudinally polarized hydrogen target. The corresponding analyzing power in the sinstraight phi moment of the cross section is 0.022+/-0.005+/-0.003. This result can be interpreted as the effect of terms in the cross section involving chiral-odd spin distribution functions in combination with a chiral-odd fragmentation function that is sensitive to the transverse polarization of the fragmenting quark.
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- 2000
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