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Spin alignment of vector mesons in unpolarized hadron-hadron collisions at high energies

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We argue that spin alignment of the vector mesons observed in unpolarized hadron-hadron collisions is closely related to the single spin left-right asymmetry observed in transversely polarized hadron-hadron collisions. We present the numerical results obtained from the type of spin-correlation imposed by the existence of the single-spin left-right asymmetries. We compare the results with the available data and make predictions for future experiments.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0307327,
  title  = {Spin alignment of vector mesons in unpolarized hadron-hadron collisions at high energies},
  author = {Qing-hua Xu and Zuo-tang Liang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0307327},
  year   = {2009}
}

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submitted to Phys. Rev . D