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The $\cos2\phi$ azimuthal asymmetry of unpolarized $p\bar{p}$ collisions at Tevatron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-01-13 v1

Abstract

We calculate the cos2ϕ\cos2\phi azimuthal asymmetry of the unpolarized ppˉp\bar{p} Drell-Yan dilepton production process in the ZZ-resonance region at the Tevatron kinematic domain. Such an azimuthal asymmetry can provide additional information about a spin-related new parton distribution function, i.e., the Boer-Mulders function of the proton, compared to the pppp process. Therefore the available data of unpolarized proton-antiproton collision at Tevatron can contribute to our study on the spin structure of the nucleon.

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@article{arxiv.1201.2472,
  title  = {The $\cos2\phi$ azimuthal asymmetry of unpolarized $p\bar{p}$ collisions at Tevatron},
  author = {Tianbo Liu and Bo-Qiang Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2472},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 latex pages, 3 figures