Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for inclusive jet production in p+p collisions at √ps=200 GeV
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2008
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Abelev, B.I.
Bai, Y.
Benedosso, F.
Botje, M.A.J.
Grebenyuk, O.
Mischke, A.
Peitzmann, T.
Russcher, M.J.
Snellings, R.J.M.
van der Kolk, N.
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We report a new STAR measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A_LL for inclusive jet production at mid-rapidity in polarized p+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 200 GeV. The data, which cover jet transverse momenta 5 <p_T <30 GeV/c, are substantially more precise than previous measurements. They provide significant new constraints on the gluon spin contribution to the nucleon spin through the comparison to predictions derived from one global fit of polarized deep-inelastic scattering measurements.
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Abelev, B I, Bai, Y, Benedosso, F, Botje, M A J, Grebenyuk, O, Mischke, A, Peitzmann, T, Russcher, M J, Snellings, R J M & van der Kolk, N 2008, 'Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for inclusive jet production in p+p collisions at √ps=200 GeV', Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 23, 232003, pp. 1-7.