scholarly journals General helicity formalism for two-hadron production in e+e− annihilation within a TMD approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto D’Alesio ◽  
Francesco Murgia ◽  
Marco Zaccheddu
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Hadron Production ◽  
Probabilistic Interpretation ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
Factorization Scheme ◽  
Helicity Formalism ◽  
Double Polarization ◽  
Fragmentation Functions ◽  
Polarization Observables

Abstract We present the complete leading-order results for the azimuthal dependences and polarization observables in e+e−→ h1h2 + X processes, where the two hadrons are produced almost back-to-back, within a transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization scheme. We consider spinless (or unpolarized) and spin-1/2 hadron production and give the full set of the corresponding quark and gluon TMD fragmentation functions (TMD-FFs). By adopting the helicity formalism, which allows for a more direct probabilistic interpretation, single- and double-polarization cases are discussed in detail. Simplified expressions, useful for phenomenological analyses, are obtained by assuming a factorized Gaussian-like dependence on intrinsic transverse momenta for the TMD-FFs.

scholarly journals Factorization of e+e− → H X cross section, differential in zh, PT and thrust, in the 2-jet limit

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Boglione ◽  
A. Simonelli
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Belle Collaboration ◽  
Hadron Production ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
Factorization Scheme ◽  
Phenomenological Studies ◽  
Cross Section Differential ◽  
Perturbative Part

Abstract Factorizing the cross section for single hadron production in e+e− annihilations is a highly non trivial task when the transverse momentum of the outgoing hadron with respect to the thrust axis is taken into account. We work in a scheme that allows to factorize the e+e−→ H X cross section as a convolution of a calculable hard coefficient and a Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) fragmentation function. The result, differential in zh, PT and thrust, will be given to all orders in perturbation theory and explicitly computed to Next to Leading Order (NLO) and Next to Leading Log (NLL) accuracy. The predictions obtained from our computation, applying the simplest and most natural ansatz to model the non-perturbative part of the TMD, are in exceptional agreement with the experimental measurements of the BELLE Collaboration. The factorization scheme we propose relates the TMD parton densities defined in 1-hadron and 2-hadron processes, restoring the possi- bility to perform global phenomenological studies of TMD physics including experimental data from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering, Drell-Yan processes, e+e−→ H1H2X and e+e−→ H X annihilations.

BESSEL-WEIGHTED ASYMMETRIES AND TRANSVERSE SPIN EFFECTS

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 168-176
Author(s):  
LEONARD GAMBERG
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Transverse Spin ◽  
High Transverse Momentum ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
Fragmentation Functions ◽  
The Cross

We consider the cross section for semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering in Fourier space, conjugate to the outgoing hadron's transverse momentum, where convolutions of transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions and fragmentation functions become simple products. Individual asymmetric terms in the cross section can be projected out by means of a generalized set of weights involving Bessel functions. Advantages of employing these Bessel weights are that they suppress (divergent) contributions from high transverse momentum and that soft factors cancel in (Bessel-) weighted asymmetries. Also, the resulting compact expressions immediately connect to previous work on evolution equations for transverse momentum dependent parton distribution and fragmentation functions and to quantities accessible in lattice QCD. Bessel-weighted asymmetries are thus model independent observables that augment the description and our understanding of correlations of spin and momentum in nucleon structure.

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