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Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS

The COMPASS experiment at CERN has been playing an important role in the studies of the spin content of the nucleon. The Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) process gives access to the transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) by the measurement of azimuthal asy...

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Autor principal: Quaresma, Márcia
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20148104011
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2025892
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description The COMPASS experiment at CERN has been playing an important role in the studies of the spin content of the nucleon. The Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) process gives access to the transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) by the measurement of azimuthal asymmetries that have been studied in COMPASS and published in recent years. TMDs are also accessible by the transversely polarised Drell-Yan (DY) process which will be measured in COMPASS. This will be the first ever polarised DY measurement. The valence quarks region will be dominant due to the use of a negative pion beam at 190 GeV/c momentum impinging on a transversely polarised ammonia target. The QCD prediction that Sivers TMD change sign when accessed by SIDIS or by DY will be checked by the COMPASS measurement. The data taking is scheduled to start in the fall of this year. After one year of data collection, a statistical error below 2% in the azimuthal asymmetry related to the u quark Sivers function is expected. Details of the final experimental setup will be presented.
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spelling oai-inspirehep.net-13330912019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1051/epjconf/20148104011http://cds.cern.ch/record/2025892engQuaresma, MárciaMeasurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASSParticle Physics - ExperimentThe COMPASS experiment at CERN has been playing an important role in the studies of the spin content of the nucleon. The Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) process gives access to the transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) by the measurement of azimuthal asymmetries that have been studied in COMPASS and published in recent years. TMDs are also accessible by the transversely polarised Drell-Yan (DY) process which will be measured in COMPASS. This will be the first ever polarised DY measurement. The valence quarks region will be dominant due to the use of a negative pion beam at 190 GeV/c momentum impinging on a transversely polarised ammonia target. The QCD prediction that Sivers TMD change sign when accessed by SIDIS or by DY will be checked by the COMPASS measurement. The data taking is scheduled to start in the fall of this year. After one year of data collection, a statistical error below 2% in the azimuthal asymmetry related to the u quark Sivers function is expected. Details of the final experimental setup will be presented.oai:inspirehep.net:13330912014
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Experiment
Quaresma, Márcia
Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS
title Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS
title_full Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS
title_fullStr Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS
title_short Measurement of the Polarised Drell-Yan process at COMPASS
title_sort measurement of the polarised drell-yan process at compass
topic Particle Physics - Experiment
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20148104011
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2025892
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