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Interference fragmentation functions and valence quark spin distributions in the nucleon
Phys. Rev. D 57, 5920 – Published 1 May, 1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.57.5920
Abstract
We explore further applications of the twist-two quark interference fragmentation functions introduced earlier. We show that semi-inclusive production of two pions in the current fragmentation region in deep inelastic scattering of a longitudinally polarized electron on a longitudinally polarized nucleon can provide a probe of the valence quark spin (or helicity difference) distribution in the nucleon.
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