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Spin Physics with the STAR detector

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The STAR detector will bring unique capabilities to the study of p+p\vec{p}+\vec{p} collisions up to total center of mass energies of 500 GeV at RHIC. The large acceptance of the time projection chamber and the electromagnetic calorimeter enable STAR to observe jets, and to detect photons and electrons in important regions of phase space. The premier experiments of the STAR spin program are discussed in this contribution. Photon + jet coincidence measurements will provide the world's best determination of the contribution gluons make to the proton's spin. Detection of the daughter electrons and positrons from W±W^\pm decay will enable the determination of the polarization of the qqˉq\bar{q} sea within the proton.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0002061,
  title  = {Spin Physics with the STAR detector},
  author = {L. C. Bland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0002061},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

11 pages, 7 figures in eps format, style files included, to appear in the Proceedings of the Circum-Pan-Pacific RIKEN Symposium on "High Energy Spin Physics", RIKEN, Wako, Japan, Nov. 3-6, 1999