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First Measurement of Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC

Nuclear Experiment 2008-12-18 v5 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The first result of the pp2pp experiment at RHIC on elastic scattering of polarized protons at sqrt{s} = 200 GeV is reported here. The exponential slope parameter b of the diffractive peak of the elastic cross section in the t range 0.010 <= |t| <= 0.019 (GeV/c)^2 was measured to be b = 16.3 +- 1.6 (stat.) +- 0.9 (syst.) (GeV/c)^{-2} .

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0305012,
  title  = {First Measurement of Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC},
  author = {S. Bueltmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0305012},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages 5 figures