Published February 21, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

The polarized gluon distribution and large transverse momentum jets

Creators

  • 1. California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

The Carlitz-Collins-Mueller proposal to measure the polarized gluon distribution in the proton by measuring two-jet events is examined in greater detail. It is shown that an experiment with a proton target at rest in the laboratory cannot be used to measure the polarized gluon distribution. However, one can measure the polarized gluon if a relativistic proton beam is used instead. The resulting jet cross-section is calculable; the gluon contribution to the total cross-section is not -αs/2π. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
255
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
579-582
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract PHY-89-58081; Grant DE-FG03-90ER40546