Azimuthal and spin asymmetries in DIS
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چکیده
In these lectures I want to discuss how the structure functions in deep inelastic scattering relate to quark and gluon correlation functions. In particular we will consider the issue of intrinsic transverse momenta of quarks, which becomes important in processes like 1-particle inclusive leptoproduction. Some examples of cross sections and asymmetries, in particular in polarized scattering processes are discussed. We also discuss the operator structure for azimuthal asymmetries and their evolution.
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