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Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 252001 (2006) [6 pages]

Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry and Cross Section for Inclusive Jet Production in Polarized Proton Collisions at s=200  GeV

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B. I. Abelev et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 10 August 2006; published 18 December 2006

We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry ALL and the differential cross section for inclusive midrapidity jet production in polarized proton collisions at s=200  GeV. The cross section data cover transverse momenta 5<pT<50  GeV/c and agree with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD evaluations. The ALL data cover 5<pT<17  GeV/c and disfavor at 98% C.L. maximal positive gluon polarization in the polarized nucleon.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.252001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.252001
PACS:
13.87.Ce, 12.38.Qk, 13.85.Hd, 13.88.+e