Gluon Polarization in Longitudinally Polarized $pp$ Collisions at STAR
Abstract
The STAR Collaboration is performing a wide range of measurements to determine the gluon helicity distribution in the proton. Gluon-gluon and quark-gluon scattering dominate jet production in proton-proton collisions at RHIC, so the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry, , for jet production places significant constraints on the gluon polarization in the proton. In recent years STAR has recorded large longitudinally polarized data sets at both GeV and GeV. The 2009 STAR inclusive jet measurements at GeV show the first experimental evidence of non-zero gluon polarization over the Bjorken- range, . Furthermore, data collected at GeV during the 2012 and 2013 RHIC runs allow access to the gluon polarization at lower . In this talk, I will present the final results of the 2009 inclusive jet measurement at GeV, the analysis status of the 2012 inclusive jet measurement at GeV, and the status of di-jet and other STAR measurements that are sensitive to gluon polarization.
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@article{arxiv.1512.05400,
title = {Gluon Polarization in Longitudinally Polarized $pp$ Collisions at STAR},
author = {Zilong Chang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05400},
year = {2019}
}
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SPIN2014 Proceeding