Evidence for a transverse single-spin asymmetry in leptoproduction of π+π−pairs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Airapetian, A ^o   Akopov, N ^z   Akopov, Z ^z   Andrus, A ⁿ   Aschenauer, E C ^f   Augustyniak, W ^y   Avakian, R ^z   Avetissian, A ^j   Avetissian, E ^j   Bacchetta, A ^t   Barion, L ⁱ   Belostotski, S ^r   Bianchi, N ^j   Blok, H P ^q,x   Bottcher H ^f   Bonomo, C ⁱ   Borissov, A ^m   Borysenko, A ^j   Brull A ^aa   Bryzgalov, V ^s   Capiluppi, M ⁱ   Capitani, G P ^j   Cisbani, E ^u   Ciullo, G ⁱ   Contalbrigo, M ⁱ   Dalpiaz, P F ⁱ   Deconinck, W ^o   de Leo, R ^b   Demey, M ^q   De Nardo, L ^v   de Sanctis, E ^j   Devitsin, E ^p   Diefenthaler, M ^h   Di Nezza, P ^j   Dreschler, J ^q   Duren M ^l   Ehrenfried, M ^h   Elalaoui Moulay, A ^a   Elbakian, G ^z   Ellinghaus, F ^e   Elschenbroich, U ^k   Fabbri, R ^q   Fantoni, A ^j   Felawka, L ^v   Frullani, S ^u   Funel, A ^j   Gapienko, G ^s   Gapienko, V ^s   Garibaldi, F ^u   Gavrilov, G ^f,r,v   Gharibyan, V ^z   Giordano, F ⁱ   Grebeniouk, O ⁱ   Gregor, I M ^f   Griffioen, K ^q   Guler, H ^f   Hadjidakis, C ^j   Hartig, M ^f   Hasch, D ^j   Hasegawa, T ^w   Hesselink, W H A ^q,x   Hill, G ^m   Hillenbrand, A ^h   Hoek, M ^l   Holler, Y ^f   Hommez, B ^k   Hristova, I ^f   Iarygin, G ^g   Imazu, Y ^w   Ivanilov, A ^s   Izotov, A ^r   Jackson, H E ^a   Jgoun, A ^r   Kaiser, R ^m   Keri, T ^l   Kinney, E ^e   Kisselev, A ^e,r   Kobayashi, T ^w   Kopytin, M ^f   Korotkov, V ^s   Kozlov, V ^p   Krauss, B ^h   Kravchenko, P ^r   Krivokhijine, V G ^g   Lagamba, L ^b   Lapikas L ^q   Lenisa, P ⁱ   Liebing, P ^f   Linden Levy, L A ⁿ   Lorenzon, W ^o   Lu, S ^l   Lu, X ^w   Ma, B Q ^c   Maiheu, B ^k   Makins, N C R ⁿ   Mao, Y ^c   Marianski, B ^y   Marukyan, H ^z   Mexner, V ^q   Miller, C A ^v   Miyachi, Y ^w   Muccifora, V ^j   Murray, M ^m   Nagaitsev, A ^g   Nappi, E ^b   Naryshkin, Y ^r   Negodaev, M ^f   Nowak, W D ^f   Osborne, A ^m   Pappalardo, L L ⁱ   Perez Benito, R ^l   Pickert, N ^h   Raithel, M ^h   Reggiani, D ^h   Reimer, P E ^a   Reischl, A ^q   Reolon, A R ^j   Riedl, C ^h   Rith, K ^h   Rock, S E ^f   Rosner, G ^m   Rostomyan, A ^f   Rubacek, L ^l   Rubin, J ⁿ   Ryckbosch, D ^k   Salomatin, Y ^s   Sanjiev, I ^a,r   Schafer A ^t   Schnell, G ^w   Schuler K P ^f   Seitz, B ^l   Shearer, C ^m   Shibata, T A ^w   Shutov, V ^g   Stancari, M ⁱ   Statera, M ⁱ   Steffens, E ^h   Steijger, J J M ^q   Stenzel, H ^l   Stewart, J ^f   Stinzing, F ^h   Streit, J ^l   Tait, P ^h   Taroian, S ^z   Tchuiko, B ^s   Terkulov, A ^p   Trzcinski, A ^y   Tytgat, M ^k   Vandenbroucke, A ^k   van der Nat, P B ^q   van der Steenhoven, G ^q   van Haarlem, Y ^k   van Hulse, C ^k   Veretennikov, D ^r   Vikhrov, V ^r   Vogel, C ^h   Wang, S ^c   Ye, Y ^d   Ye, Z ^f   Yen, S ^v   Zeiler, D ^h   Zihlmann, B ^k   Zupranski, P ^y   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f DESY   (Germany)

^g JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^j INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^k GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^l JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ United States of America   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^p LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^q NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^r PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^s INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^t UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^u ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^v TRIUMF   (Canada)

^w TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^x VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^y SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^z YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^aa HERMES – DESY ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Lepton nucleon scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856403602     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/017     Document Type: Article

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