Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries of charged hadrons at forward and backward rapidity from $p^{\uparrow }+p$, $p^{\uparrow }+\mathrm{Al}$, and $p^{\uparrow }+\mathrm{Au}$ collisions in PHENIX

Abstract

Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries (TSSAs) in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions ($p^{\uparrow }+p$) have been a fruitful source for studying the spin structure of the proton. In the 2015 RHIC data taking periods, collisions of polarized protons with nuclei ($p^{\uparrow }+A$) were made for the first time. The measurements of TSSAs in $p^{\uparrow }+p$ and $p^{\uparrow }+A$ collisions can provide a unique opportunity to investigate the origin of TSSA in a gluon-rich target nucleus and provide a tool to study nuclear effects in $p+A$ collisions. This presentation will report PHENIX results of TSSAs for charged hadrons ($h^{\pm }$) at forward and backward rapidity ($1.4<|\eta |<2.4$) over the transverse momentum ranges $1.25<p_T<7.0\mathrm{GeV}/c$ and Feynman-$x$ ranges ($-0.2<x_F<0.2$) from $p^{\uparrow }+p$, $p^{\uparrow }+\mathrm{Al}$, and $p^{\uparrow }+\mathrm{Au}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=200$ GeV.

arXiv commentPresented at DIS2023: XXX International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects, Michigan State University, USA, 27-31 March 2023