Transverse Double-Spin Asymmetries for Muon Pair Production in pp-Collisions

Abstract

We calculate the rapidity dependence of the transverse double-spin asymmetry for the Drell-Yan process to next-to-leading order in the strong coupling. Input transversity distributions are obtained by saturating the Soffer inequality at a low hadronic mass scale. Results for the polarized BNL-RHIC proton-proton collider and the proposed HERA-N fixed-target experiment are presented, and the influence of the limited muon acceptance of the detectors on measurements of the asymmetry is studied in detail.

7 pages including 5 figures; significantly shortened, to be published in Phys. Rev. D

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