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Forward Neutral-Pion Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries in p+p Collisions at √s =200 Ge V

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ISSN 0031-9007. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.222001. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20091203-143205833

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Abstract

We report precision measurements of the Feynman x (x_F) dependence, and first measurements of the transverse momentum (p_T) dependence, of transverse single-spin asymmetries for the production of π^0 mesons from polarized proton collisions at √s =200 Ge V. The x_F dependence of the results is in fair agreement with perturbative QCD model calculations that identify orbital motion of quarks and gluons within the proton as the origin of the spin effects. Results for the p_T dependence at fixed x_F are not consistent with these same perturbative QCD-based calculations.


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Barnby, L. S.0000-0001-7357-9904
Bhardwaj, S.0000-0003-2019-9793
Bhasin, A.0000-0002-3687-8179
Derradi-de-Souza, R.0000-0002-2084-7001
Fatemi, R.0000-0001-9081-2608
Finch, E.0000-0002-6150-8612
Fisyak, Y.0000-0002-3151-8377
Grube, B.0000-0001-8473-0454
Guimaraes, K. S. F. F.0000-0003-0578-9533
Harris, J. W.0000-0001-6760-9951
Kisiel, A.0000-0001-8322-9510
Klein, S. R.0000-0003-2841-6553
Lednicky, R.0000-0001-6887-1804
Ma, Y. G.0000-0002-0233-9900
Minaev, N. G.0000-0001-5204-3502
Mohanty, B.0000-0001-9610-2914
Munhoz, M. G.0000-0003-3695-3180
Nattrass, C.0000-0002-8768-6468
Okorokov, V.0000-0002-7162-5345
Peitzmann, T.0000-0002-7116-899X
Qattan, I. A.0000-0002-5978-0289
Simon, F.0000-0002-5978-0289
Snellings, R.0000-0001-9720-0604
Sorensen, P.0000-0001-5056-9391
Strikhanov, M.0000-0003-2586-0405
Suaide, A. A. P.0000-0003-2847-6556
Sumbera, M.0000-0002-0639-7323
Takahashi, J.0000-0002-4091-1779
Thomas, J. H.0000-0002-6256-4536
van der Kolk, N.0000-0002-8670-0408
van Leeuwen, M.0000-0002-5222-4888
Zachariou, N.0000-0001-7621-5612
Zhang, Y.0000-0002-9463-3970
Additional Information:©2008 American Physical Society. Received 21 January 2008. Acknowledgements: We thank the RHIC Operations Group and RCF at BNL, and the NERSC Center at LBNL and the resources provided by the Open Science Grid consortium for their support. This work was supported in part by the Offices of NP and HEP within the U.S. DOE Office of Science; the U.S. NSF; a sponsored research grant from Renaissance Technologies Corporation; the BMBF of Germany; CNRS/IN2P3, RA, RPL, and EMN of France; EPSRC of the United Kingdom; FAPESP of Brazil; the Russian Ministry of Science and Technology; the Ministry of Education and the NNSFC of China; IRP and GA of the Czech Republic, FOM of the Netherlands, DAE, DST, and CSIR of the Government of India; Swiss NSF; the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research; Slovak Research and Development Agency, and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation.
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Subject Keywords:polarized proton-beam; high chi-f; analyzing-power; inclusive production; hard-scattering; pi-0 production; gev-c; antiprotons
Issue or Number:22
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.222001
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