Observation of the naive-T-odd Sivers effect in deep-inelastic scattering

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Oct 9;103(15):152002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.152002. Epub 2009 Oct 9.

Abstract

Azimuthal single-spin asymmetries of leptoproduced pions and charged kaons were measured on a transversely polarized hydrogen target. Evidence for a naive-T-odd, transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution function is deduced from nonvanishing Sivers effects for pi(+), pi(0), and K(+/-), as well as in the difference of the pi(+) and pi(-) cross sections.