Transverse single-spin asymmetry of charged hadrons at forward and backward rapidity in polarized $p$+$p$, $p$+Al, and $p$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV}

Abstract

Reported here are transverse single-spin asymmetries ($A_N$) in the production of charged hadrons as a function of transverse momentum ($p_T$) and Feynman-$x$ ($x_F$) in polarized $p^{\uparrow }$+$p$, $p^{\uparrow }$+Al, and $p^{\uparrow }$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{{}_{NN}}}=200$ GeV. The measurements have been performed at forward and backward rapidity ($1.4<|\eta |<2.4$) over the range of $1.5<p_T<7.0\mathrm{GeV}/c$ and $0.04<|x_F|<0.2$. A nonzero asymmetry is observed for positively charged hadrons at forward rapidity ($x_F>0$) in $p^{\uparrow }$+$p$ collisions, whereas the $p^{\uparrow }$+Al and $p^{\uparrow }$+Au results show smaller asymmetries. This finding provides new opportunities to investigate the origin of transverse single-spin asymmetries and a tool to study nuclear effects in $p$+$A$ collisions.

322 authors from 70 institutions, 13 pages, 9 figures, 13 tables, one appendix, 2015 data. v2 is version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D. HEPData tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html

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