Impact picture for the analyzing power $A_N$ in very forward $pp$ elastic scattering

dc.creatorBourrely, Claude
dc.creatorSoffer, Jacques
dc.creatorWu, Tai Tsun
dc.date2007-07-15
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dc.descriptionIn the framework of the impact picture we compute the analyzing power $A_N$ for $pp$ elastic scattering at high energy and in the very forward direction. We consider the full set of Coulomb amplitudes and show that the interference between the hadronic non-flip amplitude and the single-flip Coulomb amplitude is sufficient to obtain a good agreement with the present experimental data. This leads us to conclude that the single-flip hadronic amplitude is small in this low momentum transfer region and it strongly suggests that this process can be used as an absolute polarimeter at the BNL-RHIC $pp$ collider.
dc.description6 pages, 6 figures, to appear Physical Review D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2222
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2222
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:053002,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.053002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186511
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleImpact picture for the analyzing power $A_N$ in very forward $pp$ elastic scattering
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