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Spin alignment of vector meson in e+e- annihilation at Z0 pole
We calculate the spin density matrix of the vector meson produced in e+e-
annihilation at Z^0 pole. We show that the data imply a significant
polarization for the antiquark which is created in the fragmentation process of
the polarized initial quark and combines with the fragmenting quark to form the
vector meson. The direction of polarization is opposite to that of the
fragmenting quark and the magnitude is of the order of 0.5. A qualitative
explanation of this result based on the LUND string fragmentation model is
given.Comment: 15 pages, 2 fgiures; submitted to Phys. Rev.
Spin Alignment of Vector Meson in High Energy Reactions
The recent data on the polarization of vector meson at LEP show that the
vector mesons favor the helicity zero state. We calculate the helicity density
matrix of vector meson which contains a polarized fragmenting quark by adding
the spin of the fragmenting quark and that of the antiquark created in the
fragmentation. The data at LEP imply a significant polarization for the
antiquark in the opposite direction as that of the fragmenting quark. We extend
the calculations to other reactions and make predictions for vector mesons in
deeply inelastic lepton-nucleon scatterings and polarized collisions.Comment: 4 pages,3 figures, Talk given at 3rd Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium on
"High Energy Spin Physics", Beijing, China, Oct.8-13, 200
Nuclear dependence of azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering
Within the framework of a generalized factorization, semi-inclusive deeply
inelastic scattering (SIDIS) cross sections can be expressed as a series of
products of collinear hard parts and transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) parton
distributions and correlations. The azimuthal asymmetry $ is studied. It is shown that the azimuthal
asymmetry is suppressed by multiple parton scattering and the transverse
momentum dependence of the suppression depends on the relative shape of the
twist-2 and 3 quark distributions in the nucleon. A Gaussian ansatz for TMD
twist-2 and 3 quark distributions in nucleon is used to demonstrate the nuclear
dependence of the azimuthal asymmetry and to estimate the smearing effect due
to fragmentation.Comment: 9 pages in RevTex with 2 figure
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