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Title: Single-spin asymmetries in muon pair production

Abstract

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.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7044198
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 45:7; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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; 662340* - Hadron Interactions- (1992-); 662230 - Quantum Chromodynamics- (1992-); 662440 - Properties of Other Particles Including Hypothetical Particles- (1992-)

Citation Formats

Carlitz, R D, and Willey, R S. Single-spin asymmetries in muon pair production. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.45.2323.
Carlitz, R D, & Willey, R S. Single-spin asymmetries in muon pair production. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.2323
Carlitz, R D, and Willey, R S. 1992. "Single-spin asymmetries in muon pair production". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.2323.
@article{osti_7044198,
title = {Single-spin asymmetries in muon pair production},
author = {Carlitz, R D and Willey, R S},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.45.2323},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7044198}, journal = {Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)},
issn = {0556-2821},
number = ,
volume = 45:7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
}