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Longitudinal spin transfer of Lambda and anti-Lambda in polarized pp collisions at \sqrt s=200 GeV at STAR

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

We report our measurement on longitudinal spin transfer, D_LL, from high energy polarized protons to Λ\Lambda and Λˉ\bar{\Lambda} hyperons in proton-proton collisions at s=200GeV\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. The current measurements cover Λ\Lambda, Λˉ\bar\Lambda pseudorapidity η<1.2|\eta| < 1.2 and transverse momenta pTp_T up to 4GeV/c4GeV/c using the data taken in 2005. The longitudinal spin transfer is found to be D_LL= -0.03\pm 0.13 (stat) \pm 0.04(syst)forinclusive for inclusive \Lambdaand and D_{LL} = -0.12 \pm 0.08(stat) \pm 0.03(syst)forinclusive for inclusive \bar{\Lambda}hyperonswith hyperons with <eta> = 0.5and and <p_T> = 3.7 GeV/c$. The prospects with 2009 data and the future measurements are also given.

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@article{arxiv.1012.1970,
  title  = {Longitudinal spin transfer of Lambda and anti-Lambda in polarized pp collisions at \sqrt s=200 GeV at STAR},
  author = {Qing-hua Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1970},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 figures, presentation at the SPIN2010 International Symposium, Juelich (Germany), Sep. 27-Oct. 2, 2010