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Plans for Spin Physics at RHIC

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Polarized proton collisions will be studied at RHIC up to a total center of mass energy of 500 GeV, starting in 2002. An overview of the RHIC-spin program, and the critical components of the PHENIX and STAR detectors for spin experiments, is presented. The premier experiment within the RHIC-spin program is the determination of the fraction of the proton's spin carried by gluons. A detailed analysis of how accurately this fraction can be determined by the STAR experiment at RHIC is presented.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ex/9907058,
  title  = {Plans for Spin Physics at RHIC},
  author = {L. C. Bland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/9907058},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

20 pages, 8 figures in .eps format, epsfig and sprocl style files included, to appear in the Proceedings of the EPIC99 Workshop, April 8-11 1999, Bloomington (Indiana-USA)