2013/04/01 by Alexei Prokudin, Prokudin, Alexei
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.0469
Transversity distribution is one of the three fundamental parton distributions that completely describe polarized spin 1/2 nucleon. Its chiral odd nature prevented for many years its experimental exploration, however presently we have obtained great deal of information about this distribution. This includes experimental data from Semi Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering, knowledge of scale dependence and phenomenological extractions. I will discuss main features of this distribution and indicate the future improvements of our knowledge.