Azimuthal asymmetries in $p^{\uparrow }p\to \mathrm{jet}\pi X$

Abstract

We study the azimuthal asymmetries for the distributions of leading pions inside a jet produced inclusively in high-energy proton-proton collisions within the framework of the transverse momentum dependent generalized parton model. We present results for the RHIC center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 and 500 GeV, mainly for forward jet rapidities, in particular for the two mechanisms which dominate such asymmetries: the Sivers and the Collins effects. We also briefly discuss the case of inclusive jet production and, adopting the so-called colour gauge invariant parton model, we propose a phenomenological analysis of the process dependence of the quark Sivers function.

6 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Transverse Polarisation Phenomena in Hard Processes (Transversity 2014), Chia, Cagliari (Italy), 9-13 June 2014

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