The twist-3 gluon contribution to Sivers asymmetry in $J/\psi$ production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering

Abstract

We carry out the first calculation for the twist-3 gluon contribution to the single transverse-spin asymmetry(SSA) in $J/\psi$ production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering. Our result shows that the $J/\psi$ SSA is an ideal observable to pin down the $C$-even type twist-3 gluon distribution that has a direct relationship with the gluon transverse-momentum-dependent distribution function. We also perform some numerical simulations of the $J/\psi$ SSA for the kinematics accessible at the future electron-ion-collider experiment. For color-singlet contribution, the hadronization effect of $J/\psi$ is completely canceled at the level of the SSA and the spin-dependent structure functions directly reflect the behavior of the $C$-even twist-3 gluon distribution.

19 pages, 5 figures

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