Probing transverse quark polarization in deep-inelastic leptoproduction
R. D. Tangerman, P. J. Mulders
Abstract
The azimuthal dependence of hadrons produced in lepton scattering off a polarized hadron probes the quark transverse-spin distributions. In the calculation of the asymmetries, transverse momenta of quarks in the distribution and fragmentation functions must be incorporated. In addition to the $\sin (φ+ φ_S)$ asymmetry for transversely polarized hadrons, known as the Collins effect, we find $\sin 2φ$ asymmetries for both transversely and longitudinally polarized hadrons.