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arxiv: 1012.3565 · v2 · pith:BH7Y7Y56new · submitted 2010-12-16 · ✦ hep-ph

New insight on the Sivers transverse momentum dependent distribution function

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keywords distributionmomentumsiversdependentfunctionprotonquarkstmds
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Polarised Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) processes allow to study Transverse Momentum Dependent partonic distributions (TMDs), which reveal a non trivial three dimensional internal structure of the hadrons in momentum space. One of the most representative of the TMDs is the so-called Sivers function that describes the distribution of unpolarized quarks inside a transversely polarized proton. We present a novel extraction of the Sivers distribution functions from the most recent experimental data of HERMES and COMPASS experiments. Using suitable parametrizations, within the TMD factorization scheme, and a simple fitting strategy, we also perform a preliminary exploration of the role of the proton sea quarks.

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