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Measurement of parity-violating spin asymmetries in W-+/- production at midrapidity in longitudinally polarized p plus p collisions
Physical Review D
  • Andrew Adare, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Nicole Apadula, Iowa State University
  • Sarah C. Campbell, Iowa State University
  • Lei Ding, Iowa State University
  • Alan Dion, Iowa State University
  • John C. Hill, Iowa State University
  • Nels J. Hotvedt, Iowa State University
  • Todd Kempel, Iowa State University
  • John G. Lajoie, Iowa State University
  • Alexandre Lebedev, Iowa State University
  • Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University
  • Milap R. Patel, Iowa State University
  • H. Pei, Iowa State University
  • Joshua Perry, Iowa State University
  • Timothy T. Rinn, Iowa State University
  • Marzia Rosati, Iowa State University
  • Alex Shaver, Iowa State University
  • M. Shimomura, Iowa State University
  • Arbin Timilsina, Iowa State University
  • Brian K. Voas, Iowa State University
  • Shawn Whitaker, Iowa State University
  • et al.
  • PHENIX Collaboration, PHENIX Collaboration
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-1-2016
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.93.051103
Abstract
We present midrapidity measurements from the PHENIX experiment of large parity-violating single-spin asymmetries of high transverse momentum electrons and positrons from W-+/-/Z decays, produced in longitudinally polarized p + p collisions at center of mass energies of root s = 500 and 510 GeV. These asymmetries allow direct access to the antiquark polarized parton distribution functions due to the parity-violating nature of the W-boson coupling to quarks and antiquarks. The results presented are based on data collected in 2011, 2012, and 2013 with an integrated luminosity of 240 pb(-1), which exceeds previous PHENIX published results by a factor of more than 27. These high Q(2) data probe the parton structure of the proton at W mass scale and provide an important addition to our understanding of the antiquark parton helicity distribution functions at an intermediate Bjorken x value of roughly M-W / root s = 0.16.
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This is an article from Physical Review D 93 (2016): 051103, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.051103. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Language
en
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Citation Information
Andrew Adare, Nicole Apadula, Sarah C. Campbell, Lei Ding, et al.. "Measurement of parity-violating spin asymmetries in W-+/- production at midrapidity in longitudinally polarized p plus p collisions" Physical Review D Vol. 93 Iss. 5 (2016) p. 051103
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/40/