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    Beam-Target Double Spin Asymmetry A_LT in Charged Pion Production from Deep Inelastic Scattering on a Transversely Polarized He-3 Target at 1.4<Q^2<2.7 GeV^2

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    We report the first measurement of the double-spin asymmetry ALTA_{LT} for charged pion electroproduction in semi\nobreakdash-inclusive deep\nobreakdash-inelastic electron scattering on a transversely polarized 3^{3}He target. The kinematics focused on the valence quark region, 0.16<x<0.350.16<x<0.35 with 1.4<Q2<2.7 GeV21.4<Q^{2}<2.7\,\textrm{GeV}^{2}. The corresponding neutron ALTA_{LT} asymmetries were extracted from the measured 3^{3}He asymmetries and proton over 3^{3}He cross section ratios using the effective polarization approximation. These new data probe the transverse momentum dependent parton distribution function g1Tqg_{1T}^{q} and therefore provide access to quark spin-orbit correlations. Our results indicate a positive azimuthal asymmetry for π−\pi^{-} production on 3^{3}He and the neutron, while our π+\pi^{+} asymmetries are consistent with zero.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, 1 tables, published in PR

    Single Spin Asymmetries in Charged Pion Production from Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering on a Transversely Polarized 3^3He Target

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    We report the first measurement of target single spin asymmetries in the semi-inclusive 3He(e,e′π±)X^3{He}(e,e'\pi^\pm)X reaction on a transversely polarized target. The experiment, conducted at Jefferson Lab using a 5.9 GeV electron beam, covers a range of 0.14 <x<< x < 0.34 with 1.3 <Q2<<Q^2< 2.7 GeV2^2. The Collins and Sivers moments were extracted from the azimuthal angular dependence of the measured asymmetries. The extracted π±\pi^\pm Collins moments for 3^3He are consistent with zero, except for the π+\pi^+ moment at x=0.34x=0.34, which deviates from zero by 2.3σ\sigma. While the π−\pi^- Sivers moments are consistent with zero, the π+\pi^+ Sivers moments favor negative values. The neutron results were extracted using the nucleon effective polarization and the measured cross section ratio of proton to 3^3He, and are largely consistent with the predictions of phenomenological fits and quark model calculations.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, published in PR

    Spin density matrix elements in exclusive ω\omega ω electroproduction on 1^1 1 H and 2^2 2 H targets at 27.5 GeV beam energy

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