Observation of Transverse Spin-Dependent Azimuthal Correlations of Charged Pion Pairs in $p^{\uparrow }+p$ at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV

Abstract

We report the observation of transverse polarization-dependent azimuthal correlations in charged pion pair production with the STAR experiment in $p^{\uparrow }+p$ collisions at RHIC. These correlations directly probe quark transversity distributions. We measure signals in excess of five standard deviations at high transverse momenta, at high pseudorapidities eta>0.5, and for pair masses around the mass of the rho-meson. This is the first direct transversity measurement in p+p collisions. Comparing the results to data from lepton-nucleon scattering will test the universality of these spin-dependent quantities.

11 pages, 5 figures, 15 tables. Submitted to PRL

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