Charged-Pion cross sections and double-helicity asymmetries in polarized p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV

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doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.032001

Charged-Pion cross sections and double-helicity asymmetries in polarized p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV

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We present midrapidity charged-pion invariant cross sections, the ratio of the π^- to π⁺ cross sections and the charge-separated double-spin asymmetries in polarized p + p collisions at p√s = 200 GeV. While the cross section measurements are consistent within the errors of next-to-leading-order (NLO) perturbative quantum chromodynamics predictions (pQCD), the same calculations overestimate the ratio of the charged-pion cross sections. This discrepancy arises from the cancellation of the substantial systematic errors associated with the NLO-pQCD predictions in the ratio and highlights the constraints these data will place on flavor-dependent pion fragmentation functions. The charge-separated pion asymmetries presented here sample an x range of ~0.03-0.16 and provide unique information on the sign of the gluon-helicity distribution.

Original language	English
Article number	032001
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	91
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.032001
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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Charged-Pion cross sections and double-helicity asymmetries in polarized p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV

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