Sivers Tomography from Charge and Angle Only

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Autores principales: Cao, Haotian, Liu, Xiaohui, Petriello, Frank
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author Cao, Haotian
Liu, Xiaohui
Petriello, Frank
author_facet Cao, Haotian
Liu, Xiaohui
Petriello, Frank
contents We propose a one-point charge-correlator (OPCC) probe of the Sivers effect in back-to-back deep-inelastic scattering. This measurement uses only the signs and directions of charged tracks, with no calorimetric or particle-identification information required. The observable weights the final state by its electric charge and measures the azimuthal correlation between the charge flow and the transverse spin of the proton. This probe is shown to be IRC finite and admits a factorization involving the usual Sivers distribution and a perturbatively calculable charge-weighted jet function for small transverse seperation $b\ll Λ_{\rm QCD}^{-1}$, with no reliance on non-perturbative fragmentation functions or track functions due to charge conservation. We validate the factorization against the full fixed-order QCD and present resummed predictions at N\(^3\)LL accuracy for the unpolarized distribution and N\(^2\)LL for the Sivers asymmetry. The OPCC provides a theoretically clean and simple experimental measurement, and establishes a charge-and-angle measurement paradigm for spin physics at a future Electron-Ion Collider.
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spellingShingle Sivers Tomography from Charge and Angle Only
Cao, Haotian
Liu, Xiaohui
Petriello, Frank
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Theory
We propose a one-point charge-correlator (OPCC) probe of the Sivers effect in back-to-back deep-inelastic scattering. This measurement uses only the signs and directions of charged tracks, with no calorimetric or particle-identification information required. The observable weights the final state by its electric charge and measures the azimuthal correlation between the charge flow and the transverse spin of the proton. This probe is shown to be IRC finite and admits a factorization involving the usual Sivers distribution and a perturbatively calculable charge-weighted jet function for small transverse seperation $b\ll Λ_{\rm QCD}^{-1}$, with no reliance on non-perturbative fragmentation functions or track functions due to charge conservation. We validate the factorization against the full fixed-order QCD and present resummed predictions at N\(^3\)LL accuracy for the unpolarized distribution and N\(^2\)LL for the Sivers asymmetry. The OPCC provides a theoretically clean and simple experimental measurement, and establishes a charge-and-angle measurement paradigm for spin physics at a future Electron-Ion Collider.
title Sivers Tomography from Charge and Angle Only
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15280