Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for J/psi Production in Polarized p+p Collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV
2010
Abstract
We report the first measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries in J/ψ production from transversely polarized p+p collisions at √s=200 GeV with data taken by the PHENIX experiment in 2006 and 2008. The measurement was performed over the rapidity ranges 1.2<|y|<2.2 and |y|<0.35 for transverse momenta up to 6 GeV/c.
The results of the data analysis are presented and discussed.