Diffractive effects in spin-flip pp amplitudes and predictions for relativistic energies

Abstract

We analyze the diffractive (Pomeron) contribution to pp spin-flip amplitude and discuss the possible scenarios for energies available at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC). In particular, we show that RHIC data will be instrumental in assessing the real contribution of diffraction to spin amplitudes.

11 pages, 12 Encapsulated PostScript files, LaTeX2e used