Spin asymmetry in muon-proton deep inelastic scattering on a transversely-polarized target

D. Adams, B. Adeva, E. Arik, A. Arvidson, B. Badelek, M. K. Ballintijn, G. Bardin, G. Baum, P. Berglund, L. Betev, I. G. Bird, R. Birsa, P. Björkholm, B. E. Bonner, N. de Botton, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, A. Brüll, S. Bültmann, E. BurtinC. Cavata, M. Clocchiatti, M. D. Corcoran, D. Crabb, J. Cranshaw, M. Crawford, T. Çuhadar, S. Dalla Torre, R. van Dantzig, S. Dhawan, C. Dulya, A. Dyring, S. Eichblatt, J. C. Faivre, D. Fasching, F. Feinstein, C. Fernandez, B. Frois, J. A. Garzon, T. Gaussiran, M. Giorgi, E. von Goeler, G. Gracia, N. de Groot, M. Grosse Perdekamp, E. Gülmez, D. von Harrach, T. Hasegawa, P. Hautle, N. Hayashi, C. A. Heusch, N. Horikawa, V. W. Hughes, G. Igo, S. Ishimoto, T. Iwata, E. M. Kabuß, R. Kaiser, A. Karev, H. J. Kessler, T. J. Ketel, A. Kishi, Yu Kisselev, L. Klostermann, D. Krämer, V. Krivokhijine, V. Kukhtin, J. Kyynäräinen, M. Lamanna, U. Landgraf, K. Lau, T. Layda, J. M. Le Goff, F. Lehar, A. de Lesquen, J. Lichtenstadt, T. Lindqvist, M. Litmaath, S. Lopez-Ponte, M. Lowe, A. Magnon, G. K. Mallot, F. Marie, A. Martin, J. Martino, T. Matsuda, B. Mayes, J. S. McCarthy, K. Medved, G. van Middelkoop, D. Miller, K. Mori, J. Moromisato, A. Nagaitsev, J. Nassalski, L. Naumann, T. O. Niinikoski, J. E.J. Oberski, D. P. Parks, A. Penzo, C. Perez, F. Perrot-Kunne, D. Peshekhonov, R. Piegaia, L. Pinsky, S. Platchkov, M. Plo, D. Pose, H. Postma, J. Pretz, T. Pussieux, J. Pyrlik, I. Reyhancan, J. M. Rieubland, A. Rijllart, J. B. Roberts, S. Rock, M. Rodriguez, E. Rondio, A. Rosado, I. Sabo, J. Saborido, A. Sandacz, I. Savin, P. Schiavon, K. P. Schüler, R. Segel, R. Seitz, Y. Semertzidis, F. Sever, P. Shanahan, N. Shumeiko, G. Smirnov, A. Staude, A. Steinmetz, U. Stiegler, H. Stuhrmann, K. M. Teichert, F. Tessarotto, M. Velasco, J. Vogt, R. Voss, R. Weinstein, C. Whitten, R. Windmolders, R. Willumeit, W. Wislicki, A. Witzmann, A. M. Zanetti, J. Zhao

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Abstract

We measured the spin asymmetry in the scattering of 100 GeV longitudinally-polarized muons on transversely polarized protons. The asymmetry was found to be compatible with zero in the kinematic range 0.006 < x < 0.6, 1 < Q2 < 30 GeV2. From this result we derive the upper limits for the virtual photon-proton asymmetry A2, and for the spin structure function g2. For x < 0.15, A2 is significantly smaller than its positivity limit √R.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)125-130
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume336
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 15 1994
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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