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Single spin asymmetry A<inf>N</inf> in polarized proton-proton elastic scattering at s=200GeV
Adamczyk, L Agakishiev, G Aggarwal, MM Ahammed, Z Alakhverdyants, AV Alekseev, I Alford, J Anson, CD Arkhipkin, D Aschenauer, E
Adamczyk, L
Agakishiev, G
Aggarwal, MM
Ahammed, Z
Alakhverdyants, AV
Alekseev, I
Alford, J
Anson, CD
Arkhipkin, D
Aschenauer, E
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2013-02-12
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10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.014
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We report a high precision measurement of the transverse single spin asymmetry AN at the center of mass energy s=200GeV in elastic proton-proton scattering by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The AN was measured in the four-momentum transfer squared t range 0.003≤|t|≤0.035(GeV/c)2, the region of a significant interference between the electromagnetic and hadronic scattering amplitudes. The measured values of AN and its t-dependence are consistent with a vanishing hadronic spin-flip amplitude, thus providing strong constraints on the ratio of the single spin-flip to the non-flip amplitudes. Since the hadronic amplitude is dominated by the Pomeron amplitude at this s, we conclude that this measurement addresses the question about the presence of a hadronic spin flip due to the Pomeron exchange in polarized proton-proton elastic scattering. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
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