Published June 1, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Do present data on the two-spin asymmetry ALLπ0(p(-)p) exclude a large gluon polarization in the proton?

  • 1. Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Dortmund, D-4600 Dortmund 50 (Germany)

Description

We study carefully the two-spin asymmetry ALLπ0(p(-)p) for inclusive π0 production in collisions of longitudinally polarized (anti)protons with longitudinally polarized protons. It is shown that the recent Fermilab data for ALLπ0(p(-)p) do not exclude a large polarization of gluons in the proton and are consistent with most proton spin scenarios suggested up to now. In order to study the reliability of perturbative QCD predictions for ALLπ0(p(-)p) we investigate the influence of intrinsic kT smearing on the asymmetry

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 4069-4076.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ