Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry of Electrons from Heavy Flavor Decays in Polarized p + p Collisions at √s = 200 GeV

Buch | Hardcover
141 Seiten
2014
Springer Verlag, Japan
978-4-431-54615-3 (ISBN)

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Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry of Electrons from Heavy Flavor Decays in Polarized p + p Collisions at √s = 200 GeV - Katsuro Nakamura
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This outstanding contribution to the science of particle physics presents ground-breaking results from Japanese researchers with the PHENIX experiment, identifying for the first time the constraint of the gluon polarization in the small Bjorken x region.
In this thesis, the measurement of double-spin asymmetry for electron production from heavy flavor decays was performed in a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in the PHENIX experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory to measure the polarized parton distribution function of gluon in the small Bjorken x region (x~0.01).

 

For this experiment, for the first time a Hadron Blind Detector (HBD), which is a position-sensitive gas Cherenkov counter with Gas Electron Multiplier whose surface is evaporated by CsI, was employed. This HBD contributes to reducing the background from electron pairs produced by real and virtual photon conversion. Furthermore, the author develops a new analysis method for the background reduction, and the signal-to-background ratio is improved by a factor of roughly 2.0. Using the combination of the HBD and a new analysis method, the double-spin asymmetry of the electron production with transverse momentum ranging 0.5 < pT < 3.0 GeV/c is measured and confirmed to be zero-consistent within the limit of the statistical uncertainty of about 1%. This result identifies the constraint of the gluon polarization in the small Bjorken x region, a worldwide first.

Dr. Katsuro Nakamura Kyoto University

Nucleon Spin Physics.- Experimental Setup.- Electron Analysis.- Results.- Discussion.- Conclusion.

Reihe/Serie Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo 31 Illustrations, color; 63 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 141 p. 94 illus., 31 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Tokyo
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Schlagworte Gluon Polarization • Hadron Blind Detector • Heavy Quark Decay • Measurement of Electrons from Heavy Flavor Decays • Nucleon Spin Structure • Polarized Hadron Collider • Proton-Proton Collisions • QCD Dynamics • RHIC • The Small Bjorken X Region
ISBN-10 4-431-54615-4 / 4431546154
ISBN-13 978-4-431-54615-3 / 9784431546153
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