Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to inclusive-hadron photoproduction in polarized lepton-proton collisions
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to inclusive-hadron photoproduction in polarized lepton-proton collisions
We calculate the next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the `direct' part of the spin-dependent cross section for single-inclusive charged-hadron photoproduction. This process could be studied experimentally in future polarized fixed-target lepton-nucleon experiments, but also at the HERA ep collider after an upgrade to both beams being polarized. We present a …