Transverse spin effects in proton-proton scattering and $Q\bar{Q}$ production

Abstract

We discuss transverse spin effects caused by the spin-flip part of the Pomeron coupling with the proton. The predicted spin asymmetries in proton-proton scattering and QQ production in proton-proton and lepton-proton reactions are not small and can be studied in future polarized experiments.

Comments: 5 pages, latex, 3 figures, presented at 15th International Spin Physics Symposium, Brookhaven National Laboratory, September 9-14, 2002