Measurement of Forward Jets at RHIC

TL;DR

This paper reports the first measurements of forward jet production and associated spin asymmetries in polarized proton collisions at RHIC, providing insights into the proton's internal spin structure and transverse momentum correlations.

Contribution

It introduces the first experimental data on forward jet production and single spin asymmetries at RHIC energies, exploring spin-momentum correlations in the proton.

Findings

Observation of transverse single spin asymmetries in forward jet production

Evidence supporting spin-momentum correlation hypotheses

Insights into orbital angular momentum contributions in the proton

Abstract

We present first measurements of forward jet production from p(pol)+p collisons at \sqrt{s}=500 GeV, including transverse single spin asymmetries. These asymmetries are expected to be sensitive to spin-correlated transverse momentum in the initial state, which is particularly interesting because it is related to orbital angular momentum in the proton.