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Hauptverfasser: Cao, Qing-Hong, Yu, Zhite, Yuan, C. -P., Zhang, Shutao, Zhu, Hua Xing
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Cao, Qing-Hong
Yu, Zhite
Yuan, C. -P.
Zhang, Shutao
Zhu, Hua Xing
author_facet Cao, Qing-Hong
Yu, Zhite
Yuan, C. -P.
Zhang, Shutao
Zhu, Hua Xing
contents We initiate a systematic study of fragmentation energy correlators (FECs), which generalize traditional fragmentation functions and encode non-perturbative information about transverse dynamics in parton fragmentation processes. We define boost-invariant, non-perturbative FECs and derive a corresponding collinear factorization formula. A spin decomposition of the FECs is carried out, analogous to that of transverse-momentum-dependent fragmentation functions. In this work we focus particularly on the Collins-type quark FEC, which is sensitive to chiral symmetry breaking and characterizes the azimuthal asymmetry in the fragmentation of a transversely polarized quark. We perform a next-to-leading-order calculation of the corresponding hard coefficient in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering for the quark non-singlet component, thereby validating the consistency of our theoretical framework.
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spellingShingle Collins-type fragmentation energy correlator in semi-inclusive deep inelastic lepton-hadron scattering
Cao, Qing-Hong
Yu, Zhite
Yuan, C. -P.
Zhang, Shutao
Zhu, Hua Xing
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We initiate a systematic study of fragmentation energy correlators (FECs), which generalize traditional fragmentation functions and encode non-perturbative information about transverse dynamics in parton fragmentation processes. We define boost-invariant, non-perturbative FECs and derive a corresponding collinear factorization formula. A spin decomposition of the FECs is carried out, analogous to that of transverse-momentum-dependent fragmentation functions. In this work we focus particularly on the Collins-type quark FEC, which is sensitive to chiral symmetry breaking and characterizes the azimuthal asymmetry in the fragmentation of a transversely polarized quark. We perform a next-to-leading-order calculation of the corresponding hard coefficient in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering for the quark non-singlet component, thereby validating the consistency of our theoretical framework.
title Collins-type fragmentation energy correlator in semi-inclusive deep inelastic lepton-hadron scattering
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18892