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We present a phenomenological study of the longitudinal unpolarized structure function F UU,L in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) and its ratio with the transverse structure function, R , rm SIDIS =F…
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Abstract
We present a phenomenological study of the longitudinal unpolarized structure function F_UU,L in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) and its ratio with the transverse structure function, R_ rm SIDIS=F_UU,L/F_UU,T. We study their transverse-momentum dependence, combining for the first time low- and high-transverse-momentum contributions across the kinematic range relevant to SIDIS measurements. At low transverse momentum, F_UU,L is power suppressed, making it sensitive to next-to-next-to-leading-power dynamics in the unpolarized sector. We find that this contribution can be sizable, with R_ rm SIDISsimeq 0.3 at low transverse momentum and hard scale, producing a correction of the order of 10% to transverse-momentum-integrated observables. Although these estimates remain subject to theoretical uncertainties, our results indicate that accounting for F_UU,L is likely to be important for the interpretation of SIDIS multiplicities and motivate dedicated measurements of R_ rm SIDIS to better constrain the longitudinal contribution.
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| Magnitude | ███░░ 3 | 20% | Large gain: roughly 2x, or a clear new state of the art on a hard, unsaturated problem. |
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| Novelty | ███░░ 3 | 22% | A genuinely new approach to an open problem. |
| Trajectory | ██░░░ 2 | 10% | Some room to improve with obvious engineering. |
| Stakes | ██░░░ 2 | 8% | Benefits a professional community (practitioners, clinicians, engineers). |
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- 5.6 / 10
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- 4.7 / 10
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