Abstract
Based on the nonrelativistic QCD framework, we study production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic electron-proton scattering (SIDIS) at HERA, EIC, and LHeC, with the main aim of assessing the viability of observing electroproduction at the three colliders. The color-octet (CO) contributions are found to have a crucial effect on both the integrated and differential cross sections, serving to further establish the significance of the CO mechanism. By setting the kinematic cuts to , , , and , only a few electroproduced events can be generated at HERA, partially accounting for its lack of measured electroproduction. However, under the same cut conditions, the EIC and LHeC can accumulate about and reconstructed events in one operation year, respectively, which manifestly indicates the prospect of detecting the -related SIDIS processes at the two forthcoming colliders.
- Received 5 October 2020
- Accepted 23 November 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.114031
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