中国物理学会高能物理分会第十三届全国粒子物理学术会议（2021）

We study transverse polarization of Λ hyperons in single-inclusive leptonic annihilation. We show that when the transverse momentum of the Λ baryon is measured with respect to the thrust axis, a transverse momentum dependent factorization formalism is required and the polarization is generated by the TMD polarizing fragmentation function (TMD PFF). However, when the transverse momentum of the Λ baryon is measured with respect to the momentum of the initial leptons, a collinear twist-3 formalism is required and the polarization is generated by the intrinsic collinear twist-3 fragmentation function DT. Using the TMD formalism, we demonstrate that the Λ polarization at OPAL and Belle can be described using the twist-2 TMD factorization formalism. Finally, we make a theoretical prediction for this polarization in the collinear twist-3 formalism at Belle.