Single-spin asymmetries with weak bosons at RHIC
| dc.creator | Nadolsky, P. M. | |
| dc.creator | Yuan, C. -P. | |
| dc.date | 2003-04-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:03:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:03:00Z | |
| dc.description | In order to measure spin-dependent parton distributions in production of weak bosons using the non-hermetic detectors of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, an accurate model for distributions of charged leptons from the W boson decay is needed. We discuss the predictions for production and decay of the W bosons based on a calculation for resummation of large logarithmic contributions originating from multiple soft gluon radiation. We compare the predictions for the spin-dependent resummed cross sections with the corresponding next-to-leading order results. We show that the lepton-level asymmetries can be reliably predicted by the resummation calculation and directly compared to the experimental data. A program for the numerical analysis of such cross sections in $γ^{*}, W^{\pm},$ and $Z^{0}$ boson production is also presented. | |
| dc.description | 38 pages, 17 figures; a version with high-resolution figures is available online at http://hep.pa.msu.edu/~nadolsky/RhicBos/index.html#RhicBos_references | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0304002 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0304002 | |
| dc.identifier | Nucl.Phys.B666:31-55,2003 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00455-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207636 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Single-spin asymmetries with weak bosons at RHIC | |
| dc.type | text |