Probing the Spin Structure of the Proton Using Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions and the Production of W Bosons

Probing the Spin Structure of the Proton Using Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions and the Production of W Bosons [electronic resource]

This thesis discusses the process of extracting the longitudinal asymmetry, A$W±\atop{L}$ describing W → μ production in forward kinematic regimes. This asymmetry is used to constrain our understanding of the polarized parton distribution functions characterizing $\bar{u}$ and $\bar{d}$ sea quarks i...

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Online Access: Online Access (via OSTI)
Corporate Author: Brookhaven National Laboratory (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Department of Energy. Office of Nuclear Physics ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 2016.
Subjects:
Proton-Proton Interactions.
W Minus Bosons.
W Plus Bosons.
Protons.
Polarized Beams.
Distribution Functions.
Maximum-Likelihood Fit.
Spin.
Asymmetry.
U Quarks.
D Quarks.
Muons.
Gev Range 100-1000.
Particle Rapidity.
Weak Particle Decay.
Yields.
Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields.
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Summary:This thesis discusses the process of extracting the longitudinal asymmetry, A$W±\atop{L}$ describing W → μ production in forward kinematic regimes. This asymmetry is used to constrain our understanding of the polarized parton distribution functions characterizing $\bar{u}$ and $\bar{d}$ sea quarks in the proton. This asymmetry will be used to constrain the overall contribution of the sea-quarks to the total proton spin. The asymmetry is evaluated over the pseudorapidity range of the PHENIX Muon Arms, 2.1 <
Item Description:Published through SciTech Connect.
08/01/2016.
"bnl--113351-2016-th"
Michael J. Beaumier.
Physical Description:386 p. : digital, PDF file.

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