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dc.contributor.advisorBernd Surrow.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSakuma, Taien_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-23T18:03:33Z
dc.date.available2011-05-23T18:03:33Z
dc.date.copyright2010en_US
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63021
dc.descriptionThesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2010.en_US
dc.descriptionIn title on title page, "the square root of sigma" appears as the mathematical symbol, and "sigma" appears as the lower-case Greek letter. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-220).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe inclusive jet cross section, the dijet cross section, and the dijet longitudinal double spin asymmetry ALL in polarized proton-proton collisions at [square root of sigma] = 200 GeV are measured with a data sample of 5.4 pbm collected with the STAR detector during RHIC Run-6. The inclusive cross section is measured as a function of jet transverse momentum PT in the range of 10 < PT < 60 GeV in the mid-rapidity region I[eta]I </= 0.8. The results are in agreement with QCD NLO predictions. The dijet cross section and the dijet ALL are measured as a function of dijet mass Mj in the range of 25 < Mjj < 100 GeV. The dijet cross section is in agreement with QCD NLO predictions. The dijet ALL is compared with QCD NLO predictions based on various parametrizations of polarized gluon distributions of the proton. The results are inconsistent with large gluon polarization and expected to lead to a constrain on the polarized gluon distribution.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Tai Sakuma.en_US
dc.format.extentiv, 220 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectPhysics.en_US
dc.titleInclusive jet and dijet production in polarized proton-proton collisions at [the square root of sigma] =200 GeV at RHICen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeSc.D.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
dc.identifier.oclc720948551en_US


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