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Neutral pion cross section and spin asymmetries at intermediate pseudorapidity in polarized proton collisions at s = 200 GeV

  • L. Adamczyk
  • , J. K. Adkins
  • , G. Agakishiev
  • , M. M. Aggarwal
  • , Z. Ahammed
  • , I. Alekseev
  • , J. Alford
  • , C. D. Anson
  • , A. Aparin
  • , D. Arkhipkin
  • , E. C. Aschenauer
  • , G. S. Averichev
  • , J. Balewski
  • , A. Banerjee
  • , B. Barber
  • , Z. Barnovska
  • , D. R. Beavis
  • , R. Bellwied
  • , M. J. Betancourt
  • , A. Bhasin
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  • Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
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  • Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)

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Abstract

The differential cross section and spin asymmetries for neutral pions produced within the intermediate pseudorapidity range 0.8<η<2.0 in polarized proton-proton collisions at s=200 GeV are presented. Neutral pions were detected using the end cap electromagnetic calorimeter in the STAR detector at RHIC. The cross section was measured over a transverse momentum range of 5<pT<16 GeV/c and is found to agree with a next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculation. The longitudinal double-spin asymmetry ALL is measured in the same pseudorapidity range and spans a range of Bjorken-x down to x≈0.01. The measured ALL is consistent with model predictions for varying degrees of gluon polarization. The parity-violating asymmetry AL is also measured and found to be consistent with zero. The transverse single-spin asymmetry AN is measured over a previously unexplored kinematic range in Feynman-x and pT. Such measurements may aid our understanding of the onset and kinematic dependence of the large asymmetries observed at more forward pseudorapidity (η≈3) and their underlying mechanisms. The AN results presented are consistent with a twist-3 model prediction of a small asymmetry over the present kinematic range.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012001
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume89
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2014

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