TL;DR
This paper discusses RHIC's capabilities in accelerating polarized proton beams and outlines future plans to study transverse spin physics, aiming to deepen understanding of proton spin structure from quark and gluon contributions.
Contribution
It presents the first use of RHIC for polarized proton collisions and proposes future experiments focused on transverse spin phenomena.
Findings
RHIC can accelerate and collide polarized proton beams.
Future experiments will explore transverse spin effects.
Insights into proton spin structure are expected to improve.
Abstract
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory is the first accelerator facility that can accelerate, store and collide spin polarized proton beams. This development enables a physics program aimed at understanding how the spin of the proton results from its quark and gluon substructures. Spin states that are either parallel (longitudinal) or perpendicular (transverse) to the proton momentum reveal important insight into the structure of the proton. This talk outlines future plans for further studies of transverse spin physics at RHIC.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers · Superconducting Materials and Applications · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies