Published May 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Gluon polarization and jet production at STAR

  • 1. Cyclotron Institute, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366 (United States)

Description

At RHIC kinematics, polarized jet hadroproduction is dominated by gg and qg scattering, making the jet longitudinal double spin asymmetry, ALL, sensitive to gluon polarization in the nucleon. I will present STAR results of ALL from inclusive jet measurements for the RHIC 2005 and 2006 runs totalling 2 pb-1 of integrated luminosity with 50% average beam polarization and 5.4 pb-1 of integrated luminosity with 60% average beam polarization, respectively, at center-of-mass energy 200 GeV. I will also discuss the current status of the analysis of data from the 2009 run, which collected a much larger sample (25 pb-1 with 56% polarization) at 200 GeV. The results are compared with theoretical calculations of ALL based on various models of the polarized gluon distribution function in the nucleon. The STAR data place significant constraints on allowed theoretical models.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/295/1/012061

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
295
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
19. international spin physics symposium
Acronym
SPIN2010
Dates
27 Sep - 2 Oct 2010
Place
Juelich (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43049530
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; BEAMS; BROOKHAVEN RHIC; CENTER-OF-MASS SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GEV RANGE 100-1000; GLUONS; LUMINOSITY; NUCLEONS; POLARIZATION; QUARKS; SCATTERING; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BARYONS; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; GEV RANGE; HADRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STORAGE RINGS

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Collaborations
STAR Collaboration