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Probing the Nucleon's Transversity Via Two-Meson Production in Polarized Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions

Jian Tang

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9807560

Abstract

We explore the possibility of probing the nucleon's transversity distribution δq(x) through the final state interaction between two mesons (π+π-, πK, or K K) produced in transversely polarized nucleon-nucleon collisions. We present a single spin asymmetry and estimate its magnitude under some assumptions for the transversity distribution function and the unknown interference fragmentation function.

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