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arxiv: 1011.5921 · v1 · pith:J7ZINLODnew · submitted 2010-11-26 · ✦ hep-ph

Electron Ion Collider transverse spin physics

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keywords polarisedstructuredistributionnucleontransverselycolliderelectronmomentum
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Electron Ion Collider is a future high energy facility for studies of the structure of the nucleon. Three-dimensional parton structure is one of the main goals of EIC. In momentum space Transverse Momentum Dependent Distributions (TMDs) are the key ingredients to map such a structure. At leading twist spin structure of spin-1/2 hadron can be described by 8 TMDs. Experimentally these functions can be studied in polarised SIDIS experiments. We discuss Sivers distribution function that describes distribution of unpolarised quarks in a transversely polarised nucleon and transversity that measures distribution of transversely polarised quarks in a transversely polarised nucleon.

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