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AnDY : Overview and Plans Feasibility Test of Large Rapidity Drell-Yan Production at RHIC

Nuclear Experiment 2011-09-06 v1

Abstract

Measuring the single transverse spin asymmetry ANA_N for large xFx_F Drell-Yan production provides the most robust test of our current theoretical understanding of transverse proton spin structure. This includes a measurement of the predicted sign change of the Sivers function in comparison to that found in SIDIS data. The first year of a feasibility test has been completed to define the requirements for measuring large xFx_F Drell-Yan production at RHIC. The impact of colliding beams at a third IR at RHIC was found to be negligible and a rich jet-triggered data sample was acquired by AnDY in RHIC Run 11. Plans for subsequent runs are currently underway.

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@article{arxiv.1109.0650,
  title  = {AnDY : Overview and Plans Feasibility Test of Large Rapidity Drell-Yan Production at RHIC},
  author = {Chris Perkins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.0650},
  year   = {2011}
}