Naslov
Cross section and transverse single-spin asymmetry of muons from open heavy-flavor decays in polarized p + p collisions at √s=200 GeV

Autori
Aidala, C. ; ... ; Dumancic, Mirta ; ... ; Makek, Mihael ; ... ; Zou, L.

Kolaboracija
PHENIX Collaboration

Izvornik
Physical review. D. (2470-0010) 95 (2017), 11; 112001, 15

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
p+p collision, 200 GeV, muons, cross-section ; PHENIX, RHIC

Sažetak
The cross section and transverse single-spin asymmetries of μ− and μ+ from open heavy-flavor decays in polarized p+p collisions at √s=200 GeV were measured by the PHENIX experiment during 2012 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Because heavy-flavor production is dominated by gluon-gluon interactions at √s=200 GeV, these measurements offer a unique opportunity to obtain information on the trigluon correlation functions. The measurements are performed at forward and backward rapidity (1.4<|y|<2.0) over the transverse momentum range of 1.25<pT<7 GeV/c for the cross section and 1.25<pT<5 GeV/c for the asymmetry measurements. The obtained cross section is compared to a fixed-order- plus-next-to-leading-log perturbative-quantum- chromodynamics calculation. The asymmetry results are consistent with zero within uncertainties, and a model calculation based on twist-3 three-gluon correlations agrees with the data.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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