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arxiv: 1212.4809 · v1 · pith:5SJ4SITMnew · submitted 2012-12-19 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex· nucl-ex

Sivers asymmetry of Drell-Yan production in small-x regime

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keywords asymmetrysmall-drell-yanproductionsiversspinfactorizationformalism
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We study the Sivers single spin asymmetry of the Drell-Yan lepton pair production in the small-$x$ regime. We find that in the corresponding kinematic region the spin asymmetry calculated in the small-$x$ approach is consistent with either the usual transverse-momentum-dependent factorization formalism or the collinear factorization formalism, respectively. We estimate the Sivers asymmetry for both polarized p+p and p+A collisions and argue that the Drell-Yan production is an interesting and unique probe for both the transverse spin physics and the small-$x$ saturation effect.

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