General positivity bounds for spin observables in particle inclusive production

Abstract

Positivity constraints, derived initially assuming parity conservation, for the inclusive reaction of the type $A(spin1/2)+B(spin1/2)\to C+X$, where the spins of both initial spin-1/2 particles can be in any possible directions and no polarization is observed in the final state, are generalized to the case of parity violation. By means of a systematic method, we obtain non-trivial bounds involving all the spin observables of the reaction and we discuss some relevant physics processes. Particularly we discover a non-trivial positivity constraint for the processes, $pp\to W^{\pm }/Z^0+X$ or $pp\to {\ell }^{\pm }+X$ where ${\ell }^{\pm }$ decayed from $W^{\pm }/Z^0$, which could be checked at the ongoing longitudinal spin program at RHIC.

12 pages, 3 figures, version to be published in Physical Review D

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