The Drell-Yan measurement at COMPASS-II

2013 
The Drell-Yan process can be used to access Transverse Momentum Dependent Parton Distribution Functions (TMD PDFs), such as the Sivers and the Boer-Mulders functions, as well as the transversity function providing complementary information to what is known from Semi Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) data. The COMPASS experiment offers the possibility to study single polarized Drell-Yan processes (π− + p↑ → μμ + X), making use of its large acceptance spectrometer and its unique transversely polarised proton target. Moreover a fundamental test of the factorization theorem in the non-perturbative QCD can be performed, by verifying the sign change of the T-odd Boer-Mulders and Sivers functions depending if they are accessed via SIDIS or Drell-Yan process. As the start of the Drell-Yan program at COMPASS is approaching, foreseen in late 2014, the spectrometer has been updated to fulfill the needs of this measurement
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