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Fragmentation functions and their role in determining the polarized parton densities

S. Kretzer, E. Leader, E. Christova

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0209055

Abstract

We extract the pion fragmentation functions and their uncertainties from a judicious choice of e+e- and semi-inclusive DIS data. These are used to study the error propagation in the extraction of polarized parton densities from semi-inclusive DIS asymmetries. We conclude that the uncertainties on polarized PDs have been underestimated in the past.

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