Prospects for spin physics at RHIC

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作者
Bunce, G [1 ]
Saito, N
Soffer, J
Vogelsan, W
机构
[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, RIKEN BNL Res Ctr, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[2] RIKEN, Inst Phys & Chem Res, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[3] CNRS, Ctr Phys Theor, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[4] SUNY Stony Brook, CN Yang Inst Theoret Phys, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
关键词
proton spin structure; spin asymmetries; quantum chromodynamics; beyond the standard model;
D O I
10.1146/annurev.nucl.50.1.525
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
Colliding beams of 70% polarized protons at up to roots = 500 GeV, with high luminosity, L = 2 X 10(32) cm(-2) sec(-1), will represent a new and unique laboratory for studying the proton. RHIC-Spin will be the first polarized-proton collider and will be capable of copious production of jets, directly produced photons, and W and Z bosons. Features will include direct and precise measurements of the polarization of the gluons and of (u) over bar, (d) over bar, u, and d quarks in a polarized proton. Parity violation searches for physics beyond the standard model will be competitive with unpolarized searches at the Fermilab Tevatron. Transverse spin will explore transversity for the first time, as well as quark-gluon correlations in the proton. Spin dependence of the total cross section and in the Coulomb nuclear interference region will be measured at collider energies for the first time. These qualitatively new measurements can be expected to deepen our understanding of the structure of matter and of the strong interaction.
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