Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for $$\pi^{0}$$ production at midrapidity in $$p$$$+$$$p$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=510$$ GeV
Abstract
We present PHENIX measurements for the cross section and double-helicity asymmetry (ALL) in inclusive π0 production at midrapidity from p + p collisions at √s = 510 GeV from data taken in 2012 and 2013 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The next-to-leading-order perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics theory calculation is in excellent agreement with the presented cross section results. The calculation utilized parton-to-pion fragmentation functions from the recent DSS14 global analysis, which prefer a smaller gluon-to-pion fragmentation function. Our π0ALL results follow an increasingly positive asymmetry trend with pT and √s with respect to the predictions and are in excellent agreement with the latest global analysis results. This analysis incorporated earlier results on π0 and jet ALL and suggested a positive contribution of gluon polarization to the spin of the proton ΔG for the gluon momentum fraction range x > 0.05. Finally, the data presented here extend to a currently unexplored region, down to x similar to 0.01, and thus provide additional constraints on the value of ΔG.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); et al.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Org.:
- PHENIX Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1254805
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1234287; OSTI ID: 1324157
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-111967-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; KB01-01-021
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; cross section; double-helicity; midrapidity; collisions; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Citation Formats
Adare, A. Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for $\pi^{0}$ production at midrapidity in $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=510$ GeV. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.011501.
Adare, A. Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for $\pi^{0}$ production at midrapidity in $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=510$ GeV. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.011501
Adare, A. Thu .
"Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for $\pi^{0}$ production at midrapidity in $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=510$ GeV". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.011501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1254805.
@article{osti_1254805,
title = {Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for $\pi^{0}$ production at midrapidity in $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=510$ GeV},
author = {Adare, A.},
abstractNote = {We present PHENIX measurements for the cross section and double-helicity asymmetry (ALL) in inclusive π0 production at midrapidity from p + p collisions at √s = 510 GeV from data taken in 2012 and 2013 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The next-to-leading-order perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics theory calculation is in excellent agreement with the presented cross section results. The calculation utilized parton-to-pion fragmentation functions from the recent DSS14 global analysis, which prefer a smaller gluon-to-pion fragmentation function. Our π0ALL results follow an increasingly positive asymmetry trend with pT and √s with respect to the predictions and are in excellent agreement with the latest global analysis results. This analysis incorporated earlier results on π0 and jet ALL and suggested a positive contribution of gluon polarization to the spin of the proton ΔG for the gluon momentum fraction range x > 0.05. Finally, the data presented here extend to a currently unexplored region, down to x similar to 0.01, and thus provide additional constraints on the value of ΔG.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.93.011501},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = ,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Thu Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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