Spin asymmetries for elastic proton scattering and the spin dependent couplings of the Pomeron

Abstract

This paper serves as a report on the large amount of analysis done in conjunction with the polarized proton program at RHIC. This comprises elastic scattering data of protons on protons in colliding beam or fixed target mode and proton beams on carbon targets. In addition to providing a model for the energy dependence of the analyzing power of elastic scattering needed for proton polarimetry, it also provides some significant information about the spin dependence of dominant Regge poles. Most notably, the data indicates that the Pomeron has a significant spin-flip coupling. This allows the exploration of the double spin flip asymmetry A_{NN} for which some data over a wide energy range is now available, along with a concrete realization of a proposed Odderon search.

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• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (in "The Review of Particle Properties" 2004)
• The spin dependence of high energy proton scattering
• Measurement of the analyzing power in pp elastic scattering in the peak CNI region at RHIC
• Measurement of Analyzing Power for Proton-Carbon Elastic Scattering in the Coulomb-Nuclear Interference Region with a 22-GeV/c Polarized Proton Beam
• Polarized Proton Nucleus Scattering
• The odderon and spin-flip dependence of high energy proton-proton scattering
• First Measurement of A_N at sqrt(s)=200 GeV in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC
• An absolute polarimeter for high energy protons
• Double Spin Asymmetries A_NN and A_SS at sqrt{s}=200 GeV in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC

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