Dihadron fragmentation functions in the quark-jet model: longitudinally polarized quarks

dc.contributor.authorMatevosyan, H.
dc.contributor.authorKotzinian, A.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, A.W.
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionPublished 11 October 2017
dc.description.abstractWe study the dihadron fragmentation functions (DiFF) of longitudinally polarized quarks into pion pairs. The quark-jet framework is used to model the sequential hadronization of a polarized quark into hadrons, where the polarization transfer to the remnant quark in each hadron emission step is calculated using the spin density matrix formalism. Using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of the hadronization process, we find a nonvanishing helicity dependent DiFF, G⊥1, which is also related to the longitudinal jet handedness. A method is developed for extracting the angular moments of this DiFF, which enter the expressions for the azimuthal asymmetries for an electron-positron annihilation process into two pairs of hadrons from back-to-back jets and the dihadron production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering. Finally, we derive explicit integral expressions for DiFFs where only two hadrons are emitted by a quark and use them to validate our MC results for both unpolarized and helicity dependent DiFFs.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityHrayr H. Matevosyan, Aram Kotzinian, and Anthony W. Thomas
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2017; 96(7):074010-1-074010-11
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevD.96.074010
dc.identifier.issn1550-7998
dc.identifier.issn1550-2368
dc.identifier.orcidMatevosyan, H. [0000-0002-4074-7411]
dc.identifier.orcidThomas, A.W. [0000-0003-0026-499X]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/109278
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE1101004
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL0992247
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103101
dc.rights© 2017 American Physical Society
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.96.074010
dc.titleDihadron fragmentation functions in the quark-jet model: longitudinally polarized quarks
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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