Dihadron Transverse-Spin Asymmetries in Muon-Deuteron Deep-Inelastic Scattering

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In 2022, the COMPASS collaboration performed semi-inclusive measurements of deep-inelastic muon-scattering on a transversely polarized deuteron ( LiD 6 ) target. From these data, transverse-spin-dependent dihadron asymmetries are extracted using pairs of oppositely charged hadrons. These asymmetries are directly sensitive to the quark transversity distributions and provide an independent handle on these fundamental quantities with respect to the Collins asymmetries measured in single-hadron production. The present results significantly improve upon the previous COMPASS deuteron measurements, which were the only available deuteron data worldwide, and reach a statistical precision comparable to that of the existing proton results from COMPASS. A small but nonzero asymmetry is observed at large Bjorken- x , consistent with theoretical expectations. A point-by-point extraction of the valence-quark transversity distributions yields, in particular, a substantially improved determination of the d -quark transversity. These measurements represent a major step towards a complete flavor mapping of the transverse-spin structure of the nucleon.
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  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (824093)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale
  • Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (LM2023040)
  • Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (LM2018104)
  • Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (LTT17018)
  • Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (GAUK60121)
  • Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (CZ.02.01.01/00/22 008/0004632)
  • Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18002006)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20540299)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18540281)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26247032)
  • Narodowe Centrum Nauki (2020/37/B/ST2/01547)
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • National Science Foundation (PHY-1506416)
  • Max Planck Institute for Physics
  • Higher Education and Science Committee of the Republic of Armenia (21AG-1C028)
  • Bundesministeriu für Bildung und Frauen
  • B. Sen
  • Daiko and Yamada Foundations

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