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Measurements of double-helicity asymmetries for inclusive hadron production in polarized p+p collisions are sensitive to helicity--dependent parton distribution functions, in particular to the gluon helicity distribution, Delta(g). This study focuses on the extraction of the double-helicity asymmetry in eta production: polarized p+p --> eta + X, the eta cross section, and the eta/pi^0 cross section ratio. The cross section and ratio measurements provide essential input for the extraction of fragmentation functions that are needed to access the helicity-dependent parton distribution functions.
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Results are presented from data recorded in 2009 by the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider for the double-longitudinal spin asymmetry, $A_{LL}$, for $pi^0$ and $eta$ production in $sqrt{s} = 200$ GeV polarized $p$$+$$p$ collisions. Comparison of the $pi^0$ results with different theory expectations based on fits of other published data showed a preference for small positive values of gluon polarization, $Delta G$, in the proton in the probed Bjorken $x$ range. The effect of adding the new 2009 pz data to a recent global analysis of polarized scattering data is also shown, resulting in a best fit value $Delta G^{[0.05,0.2]}_{mbox{DSSV}} = 0.06^{+0.11}_{-0.15}$ in the range $0.05<x<0.2$, with the uncertainty at $Delta chi^2 = 9$ when considering only statistical experimental uncertainties. Shifting the PHENIX data points by their systematic uncertainty leads to a variation of the best-fit value of $Delta G^{[0.05,0.2]}_{mbox{DSSV}}$ between $0.02$ and $0.12$, demonstrating the need for full treatment of the experimental systematic uncertainties in future global analyses.
The PHENIX experiment presents results from the RHIC 2006 run with polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 62.4 GeV for inclusive pi^0 production at mid-rapidity. Unpolarized cross section results are measured for transverse momenta p_T = 0.5 to 7 GeV/c. Next-to-leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations are compared with the data, and while the calculations are consistent with the measurements, next-to-leading logarithmic corrections improve the agreement. Double helicity asymmetries A_LL are presented for p_T = 1 to 4 GeV/c and probe the higher range of Bjorken_x of the gluon (x_g) with better statistical precision than our previous measurements at sqrt(s)=200 GeV. These measurements are sensitive to the gluon polarization in the proton for 0.06 < x_g < 0.4.
PHENIX measurements are presented for the cross section and double-helicity asymmetry ($A_{LL}$) in inclusive $pi^0$ production at midrapidity from $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $sqrt{s}=510$~GeV from data taken in 2012 and 2013 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The next-to-leading-order perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics theory calculation is in excellent agreement with the presented cross section results. The calculation utilized parton-to-pion fragmentation functions from the recent DSS14 global analysis, which prefer a smaller gluon-to-pion fragmentation function. The $pi^{0}A_{LL}$ results follow an increasingly positive asymmetry trend with $p_T$ and $sqrt{s}$ with respect to the predictions and are in excellent agreement with the latest global analysis results. This analysis incorporated earlier results on $pi^0$ and jet $A_{LL}$, and suggested a positive contribution of gluon polarization to the spin of the proton $Delta G$ for the gluon momentum fraction range $x>0.05$. The data presented here extend to a currently unexplored region, down to $xsim0.01$, and thus provide additional constraints on the value of $Delta G$. The results confirm the evidence for nonzero $Delta G$ using a different production channel in a complementary kinematic region.
We present a measurement of the cross section and transverse single-spin asymmetry ($A_N$) for $eta$ mesons at large pseudorapidity from $sqrt{s}=200$~GeV $p^{uparrow}+p$ collisions. The measured cross section for $0.5<p_T<5.0$~GeV/$c$ and $3.0<|eta|<3.8$ is well described by a next-to-leading-order perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics calculation. The asymmetries $A_N$ have been measured as a function of Feynman-$x$ ($x_F$) from $0.2<|x_{F}|<0.7$, as well as transverse momentum ($p_T$) from $1.0<p_T<4.5$~GeV/$c$. The asymmetry averaged over positive $x_F$ is $langle{A_{N}}rangle=0.061{pm}0.014$. The results are consistent with prior transverse single-spin measurements of forward $eta$ and $pi^{0}$ mesons at various energies in overlapping $x_F$ ranges. Comparison of different particle species can help to determine the origin of the large observed asymmetries in $p^{uparrow}+p$ collisions.
We report on event structure and double helicity asymmetry ($A_LL$) of jet production in longitudinally polarized p+p collisions at $sqrt{s}$=200 GeV. Photons and charged particles were measured at midrapidity $|eta| < 0.35$ with the requirement of a high-momentum ($>2$ GeV/$c$) photon in each event. Measured event structure is compared with {sc pythia} and {sc geant} simulations. The shape of jets and the underlying event were well reproduced at this collision energy. For the measurement of jet $A_{LL}$, photons and charged particles were clustered with a seed-cone algorithm to obtain the cluster $p_T$ sum ($p_T^{rm reco}$). The effect of detector response and the underlying events on $p_T^{rm reco}$ was evaluated with the simulation. The production rate of reconstructed jets is satisfactorily reproduced with the NLO pQCD jet production cross section. For $4 < p_T^{rm reco} < 12$ GeV/$c$ with an average beam polarization of $< P > = 49%$ we measured $A_{LL} = -0.0014 pm 0.0037^{rm stat}$ at the lowest $p_T^{rm reco}$ bin (4-5 GeV/$c$) and $-0.0181 pm 0.0282^{rm stat}$ at the highest $p_T^{rm reco}$ bin (10-12 GeV/$c$) with a beam polarization scale error of 9.4% and a $pT$ scale error of 10%. Jets in the measured $p_T^{rm reco}$ range arise primarily from hard-scattered gluons with momentum fraction $0.02 < x < 0.3$ according to {sc pythia}. The measured $A_{LL}$ is compared with predictions that assume various $Delta G(x)$ distributions based on the GRSV parameterization. The present result imposes the limit $-1.1 < int_{0.02}^{0.3}dx Delta G(x, mu^2 = 1 {rm GeV}^2) < 0.4$ at 95% confidence level or $int_{0.02}^{0.3}dx Delta G(x, mu^2 = 1 {rm GeV}^2) < 0.5$ at 99% confidence level.
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