Transversity Asymmetries

Abstract

Ways to access transversity through asymmetry measurements are reviewed. The recent first extraction and possible near future extractions are discussed.

18 pages, 5 postscript figures; Opening talk of the Second International Workshop on Transverse Polarisation Phenomena in Hard Processes (Transversity 2008), Ferrara, Italy, May 28-31, 2008

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