Single Spin Asymmetries on a transversely polarised proton target at COMPASS

Abstract

COMPASS is a running fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS with a rich physics program focused on nucleon spin structure and on hadron spectroscopy. One of the main goals of the spin program is the measurement of the transverse spin effects in semi-inclusive DIS off transversely polarised nucleons. In the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 data have been taken using a 160 $GeV/c$ naturally polarised ${\mu }^{+}$ beam and a deuterium target (${}^{6}LiD$) transversely polarised respect to the beam direction. In 2007 the run year has been devoted to collect data with a proton ($N{H}_3$) target. The preliminary results for the Collins and Sivers asymmetries, extracted from the 2007 data with transverse target polarisation, are presented here. Results are also compared with existing model predictions.

To appear in proceedings of Transversity 2008 Workshop, May 28-31 2008, Ferrara. 8 pages, 5 figures

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