Transverse momentum dependent parton distributions and azimuthal asymmetries in light-cone quark models

Abstract

We review the information on the spin and orbital angular momentum structure of the nucleon encoded in the T-even transverse momentum dependent parton distributions within light-cone quark models. Model results for azimuthal spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive lepton-nucleon deep-inelastic scattering are discussed, showing a good agreement with available experimental data and providing predictions to be further tested by future CLAS, COMPASS and HERMES data.

6 pages, 4 figures; proceedings of the "XIII Workshop On High Energy Spin Physics Dubna Spin 2009", 1-5 September 2009, Dubna, Russia

References in corpus (2)

• Intrinsic quark transverse momentum in the nucleon from lattice QCD
• The spin structure of the nucleon in light-cone quark models