Transverse single-spin asymmetry and cross section for pi(0) and eta mesons at large Feynman x in p(up arrow) + p collisions at root s=200 GeV

0385127 - ÚJF 2013 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Adamczyk, L. - Agakishiev, G. - Aggarwal, M. M. - Ahammed, Z. - Alakhverdyants, A. V. - Alekseev, I. - Alford, J. - Anderson, B. D. - Anson, C. - Barnovská, Zuzana - Bielčík, Jaroslav - Bielčíková, Jana - Chaloupka, Petr - Chung, Paul - Hajková, O. - Kapitán, Jan - Pachr, M. - Rusňák, Jan - Šumbera, Michal - Tlustý, David … Total 365 authors
Transverse single-spin asymmetry and cross section for pi(0) and eta mesons at large Feynman x in p(up arrow) + p collisions at root s=200 GeV.
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. Roč. 86, č. 5 (2012), s. 051101. ISSN 1550-7998
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LA09013
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : natural meson production * relativistic collisions * STAR
Subject RIV: BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
Impact factor: 4.691, year: 2012

Measurements of the differential cross section and the transverse single-spin asymmetry, A(N), vs x(F) for pi(0) and eta mesons are reported for 0.4 < x(F) < 0.75 at an average pseudorapidity of 3.68. A data sample of approximately 6.3 pb(-1) was analyzed, which was recorded during p(up arrow) + p collisions at root s = 200 GeV by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The average transverse beam polarization was 56%. The cross section for pi(0), including the previously unmeasured region of x(F) > 0.55, is consistent with a perturbative QCD prediction, and the eta/pi(0) cross-section ratio agrees with existing midrapidity measurements. For 0.55 < x(F) < 0.75, the average A(N) for eta is 0.210 +/- 0.056, and that for pi(0) is 0.081 +/- 0.016. The probability that these two asymmetries are equal is similar to 3%.
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