Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive neutral pion production at midrapidity in polarized proton collisions at √s = 200 GeV
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Balewski, Jan T.; Betancourt, Michael Joseph; Corliss, Ross Cameron; Hays-Wehle, James Prewitt; Hoffman, Alan Michael; Jones, Christopher LaDon; Kocoloski, Adam Philip; Leight, William Axel; Milner, Richard G; Redwine, Robert P; Sakuma, Tai; Seele, Joseph Patrick; Surrow, Bernd; van Nieuwenhuizen, Gerrit J; Walker, Matthew H; ... Show more Show less
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We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry ALL and the differential cross section for inclusive π0 production at midrapidity in polarized proton collisions at √s=200 GeV. The cross section was measured over a transverse momentum range of 1 < p[subscript T] < 17 GeV/c and found to be in good agreement with a next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculation. The longitudinal double-spin asymmetry was measured in the range of 3.7 < pT < 11 GeV/c and excludes a maximal positive gluon polarization in the proton. The mean transverse momentum fraction of π0's in their parent jets was found to be around 0.7 for electromagnetically triggered events.
Date issued
2009-12Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
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Abelev, B. I., et al. “Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry and Cross Section for Inclusive Neutral Pion Production at Midrapidity in Polarized Proton Collisions at √s = 200 GeV.” Physical Review D, vol. 80, no. 11, Dec. 2009. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
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1550-7998
1550-2368