Transverse momentum dependent forward neutron single spin asymmetries in transversely polarized $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV
Abstract
In 2015, the PHENIX collaboration has measured very forward ($\eta>6.8$) single-spin asymmetries of inclusive neutrons in transversely polarized proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions at a center of mass energy of 200 GeV. A previous publication from this data set concentrated on the nuclear dependence of such asymmetries. In this measurement the explicit transverse-momentum dependence of inclusive neutron single spin asymmetries for proton-proton collisions is extracted using a bootstrapping-unfolding technique on the transverse momenta. This explicit transverse-momentum dependence will help improve the understanding of the mechanisms that create these asymmetries.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2011.14187
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2011.14187
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv201114187A
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- 314 authors from 66 institutions, 8 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, 2015 data. v2 is version accepted for publication in Physical Review D. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html