Single Transverse Spin Asymmetries in Drell Yan Production at RHIC

ORAL

Abstract

We present the physics and experimental feasibility of single transverse spin asymmetry measurements in Drell Yan di-lepton production in polarized proton-proton collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The measurement will be sensitive to Sivers quark distributions and test recent fundamental theory predictions that the Sivers effect will be observed to be process dependent.

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Authors

  • Les Bland

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Gerry Bunce

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Matthias Grosse Perdekamp

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois

  • Ming Liu

    • Los Alamos National Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Beau Meredith

    • University of Illinois

  • Werner Vogelsang

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Feng Yuan

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Lab