Polarization in double parton scattering

Abstract

We briefly discuss the status of double parton scattering (DPS) on both theoretical and experimental sides and summarize the state of the naive DPS model, where the scatterers are taken completely independent. We then elaborate on some of the effects which are neglected in such an approach, and often ignored in phenomenological studies, with focus on polarization - which arises from the correlation between the spin of two partons inside a proton. Polarization is of particular interest, thanks to its direct and calculable connections to the distribution of particles in the final state. Although the physics described is different, there are strong similarities between polarization in DPS and in single partons scattering with measured transverse momentum, and several of the techniques and results from studies of transverse momentum dependent parton distributions can be translated into the setting of double parton scattering.