Transverse-single-spin asymmetries of charged pions at midrapidity in transversely polarized \(p{+}p\) collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=200\) GeV

• Published in: arXiv.org 2022-02
• Main Authors: Alfred, M, Andrieux, V, Babintsev, V, Bandara, N S, Bazilevsky, A, Beaumier, M, Berdnikov, A, Bichon, L, Bryslawskyj, J, Choi, I J, Citron, Z, Cronin, N, Denisov, A, Dixit, D, Esumi, S, Feege, N, Frawley, A D, Fukuda, Y, Gallus, P, Gal, C, Garg, P, Greene, S V, M Grosse Perdekamp, Hachiya, T, Hasegawa, S, Haseler, T O S, Hill, J C, Hill, K, Homma, K, Hoshino, T, Imai, K, Ivanishchev, D, Jumper, D S, Kawall, D, Khanzadeev, A, Khatiwada, A, E -J Kim, Kim, M, Kistenev, E, Kline, P, Kotov, D, Kwon, Y, Larionova, D, Lee, S H, Leitch, M J, Lewis, N A, X Li, Manko, V I, Mannel, E, McGlinchey, D, Mignerey, A C, Milov, A, Mishra, D K, Mitchell, J T, Miyasaka, S, Mizuno, S, Nagashima, T, Nagy, M I, Nouicer, R, O'Brien, E, Oskarsson, A, Pantuev, V, Park, S, Peng, W, Perera, G D N, Perry, J, Pinkenburg, C, Riabov, V, Richford, D, Rolnick, S D, Rowan, Z, Sako, H, Sarsour, M, Sedgwick, K, T -A Shibata, Shigaki, K, Shukla, P, Singh, C P, Singh, V, Smith, K L, Snowball, M, Sondheim, W E, Sorensen, S P, Sourikova, I V, Sugitate, T, Sumita, T, Sun, Z, Tannenbaum, M J, Tarafdar, S, Timilsina, A, Towell, R S, Velkovska, J, Virius, M, Wang, X R, Watanabe, Y S, Wong, C P, C Xu, Q Xu, Yamaguchi, Y L, Zharko, S
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Asymmetry; Particle collisions; Pions; Protons
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2112.05680

In 2015, the PHENIX collaboration has measured single-spin asymmetries for charged pions in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions at the center of mass energy of \(\sqrt{s}=200\) GeV. The pions were detected at central rapidities of \(|\eta|