Transverse spin asymmetries in the CNI region in polarized proton-proton elastic scattering at STAR

Author(s):  
Włodek Guryn ◽  
STAR Collaboration
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Svirida ◽  
Marcella Capua ◽  
Roberto Fiore ◽  
Igor Ivanov ◽  
Alessandro Papa ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1660056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Svirida

Precise measurements of transverse spin asymmetries in proton-proton elastic scattering at very small values of four-momentum transfer squared, [Formula: see text], have been performed using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) polarized proton beams. The measurements of both single and double spin asymmetries were made at the center-of-mass energy [Formula: see text] GeV and in the region [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text], which was accessed using Roman Pot devices incorporated into the STAR experimental setup. The obtained set of asymmetries is sensitive to the poorly known hadronic contribution to the spin-flip amplitudes and provide significant constraints for the theoretical descriptions of the reaction mechanism of proton-proton elastic scattering at high energies.


2007 ◽  
Vol 647 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 98-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bültmann ◽  
I.H. Chiang ◽  
R.E. Chrien ◽  
A. Drees ◽  
R.L. Gill ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 632 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bültmann ◽  
I.H. Chiang ◽  
R.E. Chrien ◽  
A. Drees ◽  
R.L. Gill ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 177-186
Author(s):  
YURI V. KOVCHEGOV ◽  
MATTHEW D. SIEVERT

We present the first steps in an effort to incorporate the physics of transverse spin asymmetries into the saturation formalism of high energy QCD. We consider a simple model in which a transversely polarized quark scatters on a proton or nuclear target. Using the light-cone perturbation theory the hadron production cross section can be written as a convolution of the light-cone wave function squared and the interaction with the target. To generate the single transverse spin asymmetry (STSA) either the wave function squared or the interaction with the target has to be T-odd. In this work we use the lowest-order q → q G wave function squared, which is T-even, generating the STSA from the T-odd interaction with the target mediated by an odderon exchange. We study the properties of the obtained STSA, some of which are in qualitative agreement with experiment: STSA increases with increasing projectile xF and is a non-monotonic function of the transverse momentum kT. Our mechanism predicts that the quark STSA in polarized proton–nucleus collisions should be much smaller than in polarized proton–proton collisions. We also observe that the STSA for prompt photons due to our mechanism is zero within the accuracy of the approximation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 719 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Adamczyk ◽  
G. Agakishiev ◽  
M.M. Aggarwal ◽  
Z. Ahammed ◽  
A.V. Alakhverdyants ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Plyku ◽  
Donald G. Crabb ◽  
Yelena Prok ◽  
Matt Poelker ◽  
Simonetta Liuti ◽  
...  

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