Hadron Tomography

Abstract

Generalized parton distributions describe the distribution of partons in the transverse plane. For transversely polarized quarks and/or nucleons, these impact parameter dependent parton distributions are not axially symmetric. These transverse distortions can be related to spin-orbit correlations as well as to (intuitively) to transverse single-spin asymmetries, allowing novel insights into quark orbital angular momentum from measurements of the Sivers and Boer-Mulders functions.

6 pages, invited talk, SPIN2006, Kyoto, October 2006

References in corpus (7)

• Gauge-Invariant Decomposition of Nucleon Spin and Its Spin-Off
• Time-reversal odd distribution functions in leptoproduction
• Impact Parameter Dependent Parton Distributions and Off-Forward Parton Distributions for $\zeta \to 0$
• Single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering on a transversely polarized hydrogen target
• Single-spin asymmetries: the Trento conventions
• Transverse Structure of Nucleon Parton Distributions from Lattice QCD
• Chiral dynamics and the growth of the nucleon's gluonic transverse size at small x

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