Measurements of Collins and Sivers asymmetries at COMPASS

Abstract

COMPASS is a fixed target experiment presently running at CERN. In 2002, 2003, and 2004 the experiment used a 160 GeV polarized muon beam coming from SPS and scattered off a ${}^6$LiD target. The nucleons in the target can be polarized either longitudinally or transversely with respect to the muon beam and 20% of the running time has been devoted to transverse polarization. From the transverse polarization data collected in 2002, which correspond to a total integrated luminosity of about 200 pb${}^{-1}$, the Collins and the Sivers asymmetries have been determined separately and the preliminary results are presented here.

arXiv comment4 pages, 1 figure, presented at SPIN2004 International Symphosium, October 10-16 2004, Trieste, Italy