Spin-dependent, interference and $T-$odd fragmentation and fracture functions

Abstract

Fracture functions, originally suggested to describe the production of diffractive and leading hadrons in semi-inclusive DIS, may be also applied at fixed target energies. They may also include interference and final state interaction, providing a source for azimuthal asymmetries at HERMES and (especially) $\Lambda$ polarization at NOMAD. The recent papers by Brodsky, Hwang and Schmidt, and by Gluck and Reya, may be understood in terms of fracture functions.