Single Diffractive Lambda_c^+ Production in Polarized pp Scattering with Polarized Gluon Distribution in the Proton
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-03-23 v2
Abstract
Based on the hard-scattering factorization which decomposes the diffractive structure function into a pomeron flux and a pomeron structure function, we study the single diffractive Lambda_c^+ production in polarized pp scattering: p + p -> p + Lambda_c^+ + X, which will be observed at forthcoming RHIC experiment. By analyzing the cross section and correlation of the spin polarization between the initial proton and produced Lambda_c^+, we found that the process is quite effective for testing both hard-scattering factorization and models of the polarized gluon distribution in the proton.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0103134,
title = {Single Diffractive Lambda_c^+ Production in Polarized pp Scattering with Polarized Gluon Distribution in the Proton},
author = {Kazumasa Ohkuma and Toshiyuki Morii},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0103134},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
11 pages, LaTex2e, 6 figures, final version to appear in Modern Physics Letters A