Spin Effects in Diffractive $Q\bar{Q}$ Production and Compass Experiment

Abstract

We calculate the double spin asymmetry of the diffractive $Q\bar{Q}$ and vector meson leptoproduction at COMPASS energies. We analyze dependences of the asymmetry on the structure of the Pomeron-proton coupling. It is shown that it is difficult to study the spin structure of the Pomeron coupling with the proton from the A_{ll} asymmetry. The A_{lT} asymmetry might be an appropriate object for this investigation.

Comments: 8 pages, latex, 5 figures, talk at the Iternational Workshop "Symmetry and Spin", Prague-Spin99, Prague, September 5 - 12, 1999. To be published in proceedings