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At high energies, transverse beam polarization leads in e+e- annihilation to an azimuthal variation in the composition of the produced particles. This effect has its origin in the flavour dependence of the ratio between the right- and left-handed components of the neutral current. The detection and identification of particles which are dominantly produced by quarks of one or a few specific flavours, would allow for an observation of this neutral-current effect. We estimate the resulting azimuthal asymmetries in the rates for the production of B, D and F mesons to be of the order of 5–10% at \(\sqrt {{Q^2}} \simeq 40 - 50\,GeV\).
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Olsen, H.A., Osland, P., Øverbø, I. (1981). Polarization-Induced Azimuthal Flavour Asymmetries in e+e- Annihilation as a Signature of Neutral Currents. In: Joseph, C., Soffer, J. (eds) High-Energy Physics with Polarized Beams and Polarized Targets. EXS 38: Experientia Supplementum, vol 38. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6301-8_99
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