A comparision between pp, pAl, and pAu collisions at center of mass energy of 200 GeV per nucleon
Open Access
Author:
Summa, Branden
Graduate Program:
Physics
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Document Type:
Dissertation
Date of Defense:
March 06, 2020
Committee Members:
Steven Heppelmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Steven Heppelmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Mark Strikman, Committee Member Anna Stasto, Committee Member Derek Brindley Fox, Outside Member Richard Wallace Robinett, Program Head/Chair
Keywords:
Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry A_N A FMS BNL RHIC pp pA TSSA Spin Physics
Abstract:
This document presents details on the steps and results of a π^0 A_N analysis in the
Forward Meson Spectrometer (FMS) detector at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL). This
analysis covers measurement of AN for pp, pAl, and pAu species at √s ≈ 200 GeV in
Run 15. We furthermore present a measurement of the evolution of AN with atomic
number A and compare these results to predictions from saturation models.
