Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.014
Publication Title
Physics Letters B
Volume
719
Pages
62-69
Abstract
We report a high precision measurement of the transverse single spin asymmetry AN at the center of mass energy √s = 200 GeV in elastic proton–proton scattering by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The AN was measured in the four-momentum transfer squared t range 0.003 ⩽ | t | ⩽ 0.035 ( GeV / c ) 2 , the region of a significant interference between the electromagnetic and hadronic scattering amplitudes. The measured values of AN and its t-dependence are consistent with a vanishing hadronic spin-flip amplitude, thus providing strong constraints on the ratio of the single spin-flip to the non-flip amplitudes. Since the hadronic amplitude is dominated by the Pomeron amplitude at this √s, we conclude that this measurement addresses the question about the presence of a hadronic spin flip due to the Pomeron exchange in polarized proton–proton elastic scattering.
Original Publication Citation
Adamczyk, L., Agakishiev, G., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Alakhverdyants, A. V., Alekseev, I., . . . Zyzak, M. (2013). Single spin asymmetry in polarized proton–proton elastic scattering at √s = 200 GeV . Physics Letters B, 719(1–3), 62-69. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.014
ORCID
0000-0002-5680-1814 (Bueltmann)
Repository Citation
Adamczyk, L.; Agakishiev, G.; Aggarwal, M. M.; Ahammed, Z.; Alakhverdyants, A. V.; Alekseev, I.; Alford, J.; Anson, C. D.; Arkhipkin, D.; Aschenauer, E.; Bültmann, S.; Koralt, I.; and Plyku, D., "Single Spin Asymmetry AN in Polarized Proton–Proton Elastic Scattering at √s = 200 GeV" (2013). Physics Faculty Publications. 97.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/97
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