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arxiv: 0903.3629 · v1 · submitted 2009-03-22 · ✦ hep-ph

Test the time-reversal modified universality of the Sivers function

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keywords asymmetryfunctionleptonsiverstime-reversalmodifiedrhicuniversality
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We derive the time-reversal modified universality for both quark and gluon Sivers function from the parity and time-reversal invariance of QCD. We calculate the single transverse-spin asymmetry of inclusive lepton from the decay of $W$ bosons in polarized proton-proton collision at RHIC, in terms of the Sivers function. We find that although the asymmetry is diluted from the $W$ decay, the lepton asymmetry is at the level of several percent and is measurable for a good range of lepton rapidity at RHIC. We argue that this measurable lepton asymmetry at RHIC is an excellent observable for testing the time-reversal modified universality of the Sivers function.

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