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Measurement of decay angular distributions of Drell-Yan events for p-d interaction at 800 GeV/c.

Conference ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2402729· OSTI ID:970781
We report preliminary results from a measurement of the angular distributions of Drell-Yan dimuons produced using an 800 GeV/c proton beam on a deuterium target. No significant cos2{phi} dependence is found in these proton-induced Drell-Yan data, in contrast to the situation for pion-induced Drell-Yan. The data are compared with expectations from models which attribute the cos2{phi} distribution to a QCD vacuum effect or to the presence of the transverse-momentum-dependent Boer-Mulders structure function h{sub 1}.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
970781
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-119291
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH