Collins Fragmentation and the Single Transverse Spin Asymmetry
arXiv:0903.4680 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.052001
Abstract
We study the Collins mechanism for the single transverse spin asymmetry in the collinear factorization approach. The correspondent twist-three fragmentation function is identified. We show that the Collins function calculated in this approach is universal. We further examine its contribution to the single transverse spin asymmetry of semi-inclusive hadron production in deep inelastic scattering and demonstrate that the transverse momentum dependent and twist-three collinear approaches are consistent in the intermediate transverse momentum region where both apply.
10 pages, 2 figures
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