Opportunities for Drell-Yan Physics at RHIC
Drell-Yan (DY) physics gives the unique opportunity to study the parton structure of nucleons in an experimentally and theoretically clean way. With the availability of polarized proton-proton collisions and asymmetric d+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), we have the basic (and unique in the world) tools to address several fundamental questions in QCD, including the expected gluon saturation at low partonic momenta and the universality of transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions. A Drell-Yan program at RHIC is tied closely to the core physics questions of a possible future electron-ion collider, eRHIC. The more than 80 participants of this workshop focused on recent progress in these areas by both theory and experiment, trying to address imminent questions for the near and mid-term future.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- RIKEN
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1021407
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-95236-2011; R&D Project: PO-3; TRN: US1104186
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: OPPORTUNITIES FOR DRELL-YAN PHYSICS AT RHIC; Physics bldg. 510; 20110511 through 20110513
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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