Single-spin asymmetries in muon pair production

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.2323· OSTI ID:7044198

Carlitz, R D; Willey, R S ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (United States)

Theoretical analyses of polarized leptoproduction data suggest that the polarized gluon structure function might be large, but there has been no independent measurement of this quantity. Measurements of single-spin asymmetries in the production of muon pairs from the scattering of two protons, one of which is longitudinally polarized, can be interpreted in terms of polarized gluon, quark, and antiquark structure functions. We develop this interpretation in detail and compute the size of the asymmetries that might be expected for this process.

• OSTI ID: 7044198
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 45:7; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
GLUONS
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
MUONS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
SCATTERING
ASYMMETRY
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
POLARIZATION
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARKS
SPIN
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RADIATIONS
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