Comparison of transverse single-spin asymmetries for forward π0\pi^{0} production in polarized pppp, pAlp\rm{Al} and pAup\rm{Au} collisions at nucleon pair c.m. energy sNN=200\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}= 200 GeV

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Dec 13, 2020
20 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 7, 072005
  • Published: Apr 17, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
The STAR collaboration reports a measurement of the transverse single-spin asymmetries, AN, for neutral pions produced in polarized proton collisions with protons (pp), with aluminum nuclei (pAl) and with gold nuclei (pAu) at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV. Neutral pions are observed in the forward direction relative to the transversely polarized proton beam, in the pseudorapidity region 2.7<η<3.8. Results are presented for π0s observed in the STAR forward meson spectrometer electromagnetic calorimeter in narrow Feynman x (xF) and transverse momentum (pT) bins, spanning the range 0.172.5  GeV/c. It is further observed that the value of AN is significantly larger for events with a large-pT isolated π0 than for events with a nonisolated π0 accompanied by additional jetlike fragments. The nuclear dependence r(A) is similar for isolated and nonisolated π0 events.
  • Particle Physics Experiments
  • p p: scattering
  • p nucleus: scattering
  • p: beam
  • calorimeter: electromagnetic
  • gluon: saturation
  • nucleon: pair
  • asymmetry
  • transverse momentum
  • STAR