Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries of Heavy Flavor Electrons and Charged Pions in 200 GeV $$p+p^{\uparrow}$$ Collisions at Midrapidity

Journal Article · 11 July 2022 · SciPost Physics Proceedings

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.8.012 · OSTI ID:1875565

Fitzgerald, Dillon ^[1]

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1. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Transverse single spin asymmetries of particles produced in p+p^{\uparrow} $p+p^{\uparrow }$ collisions provide insight on the partonic spin and momentum structure of hadrons; heavy flavor electrons provide access to initial state spin-momentum correlations of gluons in the proton, while charged pions provide access to initial and final state transverse spin effects. Charged particles are measured at midrapidity at PHENIX using the silicon vertex detector and central arm spectrometer, made of an electromagnetic calorimeter, a ring-imaging Cherenkov detector, and drift and pad chambers. Recent results for both electron and charged pion measurements from the 2015 running period will be presented.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0013393
• OSTI ID: 1875565
• Journal Information: SciPost Physics Proceedings, Journal Name: SciPost Physics Proceedings Journal Issue: 8; ISSN 2666-4003
• Publisher: Stichting SciPostCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: Netherlands
• Language: English