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arxiv: hep-ph/0608048 · v2 · submitted 2006-08-04 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Transverse momentum dependence of the quark helicity distributions and the Cahn effect in double-spin asymmetry A_(LL) in Semi Inclusive DIS

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Within the LO QCD parton model of Semi Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering, $\ell N \to \ell h X$, with unintegrated quark distribution and fragmentation functions, we study the $\bfP_{hT}$ dependence of the double longitudinal-spin asymmetry $A_{LL}$. We include 1/Q kinematic corrections, which induce an azimuthal modulation of the asymmetry, analogous to the Cahn effect in unpolarized SIDIS. We show that a study of $A_{LL}$ and of the weighted DSA $A_{LL}^{\cos\phi_h}$ allows to extract the transverse momentum dependence of the unintegrated helicity distribution function $g_{1L}^q(x,k_\perp)$ [or $\Delta q(x, k_\perp)]$. Predictions, based on some models for the unknown functions, are given for ongoing COMPASS, HERMES and JLab experiments.

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