MEASUREMENT OF SINGLE TRANSVERSE-SPIN ASYMMETRY IN FORWARD PRODUCTION OF PHOTONS AND NEUTRONS IN PP COLLSION AT SQUARE ROOT = 200 GEV.
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) was commissioned for polarized proton-proton collisions, at the center of mass energy {radical}s = 200 GeV during the run in 2001-2002. The authors have measured the single transverse-spin asymmetry A{sub N} for production of photons, neutral pions, and neutrons at the very forward angle. The asymmetries for the photon and neutral pion sample were consistent with zero within the experimental uncertainties. In contrast, the neutron sample exhibited an unexpectedly large asymmetry. This large asymmetry will be used for the non-destructive polarimeter for polarized proton beams at the collision points in the RHIC interaction region.
- Research Organization:
- BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/OFFICE OF SCIENCE (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 15007207
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-72148-2004-CP; R&D Project: AD-003; KB0202011; TRN: US0401464
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15TH INTERNATIONAL SPIN PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (SPIN 2002), UPTON, NY (US), 09/09/2002--09/14/2002; Other Information: PBD: 9 Sep 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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