T-odd transverse momentum dependent gluon fragmentation functions in a spectator model
We present a model calculation of the T-odd transverse momentum dependent (TMD) gluon fragmentation functions for a spin-1/2 hadron. Our model is based on the postulation that a time-like off-shell gluon can fragment into a hadron and a single spectator particle, which is considered to be on-shell. We consider the effect of the gluon exchange to calculate all necessary one-loop diagrams for the gluon-gluon correlation functions. Two out of four one-loop diagrams give sizeable contributions to the fragmentation functions. We obtain analytical expressions for the four T-odd TMD fragmentation functions of the gluon. We also provide numerical results on the z-dependence and kT-dependence of the fragmentation functions.
Authors
- Xiupeng Xie
- Zhun Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-5941)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Letters B
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138961
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Natural Science Foundation of China