Transversity and Meson Photoproduction

Abstract

Both meson photoproduction and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering can potentially probe transversity in the nucleon. We explore how that potential can be realized dynamically. The role of rescattering in both exclusive and inclusive meson production as a source for transverse polarization asymmetry is examined. We use a dynamical model to calculate the asymmetry and relate that to the transversity distribution of the nucleon.

Latex2e 3 pages (use espcrc2). Talk presented at ICHEP 2002 - Amsterdam. Added references, corrected typos, acknowledgement

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