Simplified approach to extracting nucleon transversity in collinear factorization using near-side energy-energy correlators
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| author | Kang, Zhong-Bo Metz, Andreas Pitonyak, Daniel Zhang, Congyue |
| author_facet | Kang, Zhong-Bo Metz, Andreas Pitonyak, Daniel Zhang, Congyue |
| contents | We develop a novel strategy for accessing the transversity parton distribution function (PDF) of the nucleon within collinear factorization using near-side energy-energy correlators in the dihadron fragmentation framework. We show how this removes the complications of previous approaches that must model either intrinsic parton transverse momentum or resonances in the invariant mass distribution of a final-state dihadron. We present leading-order analytical results for transverse-spin observables in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and electron-positron annihilation, highlighting their close similarity to the expressions one uses in extracting (un)polarized PDFs and (single-hadron) fragmentation functions in collinear factorization. We make predictions for kinematics relevant for existing and future facilities that demonstrate the feasibility of an energy-energy correlator program in extracting the transversity PDF. |
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| spellingShingle | Simplified approach to extracting nucleon transversity in collinear factorization using near-side energy-energy correlators Kang, Zhong-Bo Metz, Andreas Pitonyak, Daniel Zhang, Congyue High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory We develop a novel strategy for accessing the transversity parton distribution function (PDF) of the nucleon within collinear factorization using near-side energy-energy correlators in the dihadron fragmentation framework. We show how this removes the complications of previous approaches that must model either intrinsic parton transverse momentum or resonances in the invariant mass distribution of a final-state dihadron. We present leading-order analytical results for transverse-spin observables in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and electron-positron annihilation, highlighting their close similarity to the expressions one uses in extracting (un)polarized PDFs and (single-hadron) fragmentation functions in collinear factorization. We make predictions for kinematics relevant for existing and future facilities that demonstrate the feasibility of an energy-energy correlator program in extracting the transversity PDF. |
| title | Simplified approach to extracting nucleon transversity in collinear factorization using near-side energy-energy correlators |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.28131 |