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Measurement of the differences in the total cross section for antiparallel and parallel longitudinal spins and a measurement of parity nonconservation with incident polarized protons and antiprotons at 200 GeV/c
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Measurement of the differences in the total cross section for antiparallel and parallel longitudinal spins and a measurement of parity nonconservation with incident polarized protons and antiprotons at 200 GeV/c

D. P Grosnick, D. A Hill, T Kasprzyk, D Lopiano, Y Ohashi, J Sheppard, T Shima, H Spinka, R Stanek, D. G Underwood, …
Physical review. D, Particles and fields, Vol.55(3), pp.1159-1187
02/1997
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.1159
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.1159View
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Abstract

The highest-energy measurement of ΔσL(pp) and the first ever measurement of ΔσL(p¯p), the differences between proton-proton and antiproton-proton total cross sections for pure longitudinal spin states, are described. Data were taken using 200-GeV/c polarized beams incident on a polarized-proton target. The results are measured to be ΔσL(pp)=−42±48(stat)±53(syst) μb and ΔσL(p¯p)=−256±124(stat)±109(syst) μb. Many tests of systematic effects were investigated and are described, and a comparison to theoretical predictions is also given. Measurements of parity nonconservation at 200 GeV/c in proton scattering and the first ever of antiproton scattering have also been derived from these data. The values are consistent with zero at the 10−5 level.

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