1. Measurement of the Spin Asymmetry in the Photoproduction of Pairs of High-pTHadrons at HERMES
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A. Airapetian, N. Akopov, M. Amarian, E. C. Aschenauer, H. Avakian, R. Avakian, A. Avetissian, B. Bains, C. Baumgarten, M. Beckmann, S. Belostotski, J. E. Belz, Th. Benisch, S. Bernreuther, N. Bianchi, J. Blouw, H. Böttcher, A. Borissov, J. Brack, S. Brauksiepe, B. Braun, W. Brückner, A. Brüll, H. J. Bulten, G. P. Capitani, P. Carter, P. Chumney, E. Cisbani, G. R. Court, P. F. Dalpiaz, E. De Sanctis, D. De Schepper, E. Devitsin, P. K. A. de Witt Huberts, P. Di Nezza, M. Düren, A. Dvoredsky, G. Elbakian, J. Ely, A. Fantoni, M. Ferstl, K. Fiedler, B. W. Filippone, H. Fischer, B. Fox, J. Franz, S. Frullani, M.-A. Funk, Y. Gärber, F. Garibaldi, G. Gavrilov, P. Geiger, V. Gharibyan, A. Golendukhin, G. Graw, O. Grebeniouk, P. W. Green, L. G. Greeniaus, C. Grosshauser, M. Guidal, A. Gute, W. Haeberli, J.-O. Hansen, D. Hasch, O. Häusser, F. H. Heinsius, R. Henderson, M. Henoch, R. Hertenberger, Y. Holler, R. J. Holt, W. Hoprich, H. Ihssen, M. Iodice, A. Izotov, H. E. Jackson, A. Jgoun, R. Kaiser, E. Kinney, A. Kisselev, P. Kitching, H. Kobayashi, N. Koch, K. Königsmann, M. Kolstein, H. Kolster, V. Korotkov, W. Korsch, V. Kozlov, L. H. Kramer, M. Kurisuno, G. Kyle, W. Lachnit, W. Lorenzon, N. C. R. Makins, F. K. Martens, J. W. Martin, F. Masoli, A. Mateos, M. McAndrew, K. McIlhany, R. D. McKeown, F. Meissner, F. M. Menden, A. Metz, N. Meyners, O. Mikloukho, C. A. Miller, M. A. Miller, R. Milner, A. Most, V. Muccifora, Y. Naryshkin, A. M. Nathan, F. Neunreither, M. Niczyporuk, W.-D. Nowak, T. G. O'Neill, R. Openshaw, J. Ouyang, B. R. Owen, S. F. Pate, S. Potashov, D. H. Potterveld, G. Rakness, R. Redwine, A. R. Reolon, R. Ristinen, K. Rith, P. Rossi, S. Rudnitsky, M. Ruh, D. Ryckbosch, Y. Sakemi, C. Scarlett, A. Schäfer, F. Schmidt, H. Schmitt, G. Schnell, K. P. Schüler, A. Schwind, J. Seibert, T.-A. Shibata, K. Shibatani, T Shin, V. Shutov, C. Simani, A. Simon, K. Sinram, P. Slavich, M. Spengos, E. Steffens, J. Stenger, J. Stewart, U. Stoesslein, M. Sutter, H. Tallini, S. Taroian, A. Terkulov, B. Tipton, M. Tytgat, G. M. Uriuoli, R. van de Vyver, J. F. J. van den Brand, G. van der Steenhoven, J. J. van Hunen, M. C. Vetterli, V. Vikhrov, M. G. Vincter, J. Visser, E. Volk, W. Wander, J. Wendland, S. E. Williamson, T. Wise, K. Woller, S. Yoneyama, and H. Zohrabian
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HERMES experiment ,Physics ,Particle physics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Hadron ,General Physics and Astronomy ,HERA ,Polarization (waves) ,Deep inelastic scattering ,Asymmetry ,Gluon ,Nuclear physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment ,Storage ring ,media_common - Abstract
We present a measurement of the longitudinal spin asymmetry A|| in photoproduction of pairs of hadrons with high transverse momentum pT. Data were accumulated by the HERMES experiment using a 27.5 GeV polarized positron beam and a polarized hydrogen target internal to the HERA storage ring. For h^+h^- pairs with _(pT)^(h1)>1.5GeV/c and _(pT)^(h2)>1.0GeV/c, the measured asymmetry is A_(||) = -0.28±0.12(stat)±0.02(syst). This negative value is in contrast to the positive asymmetries typically measured in deep inelastic scattering from protons, and is interpreted to arise from a positive gluon polarization.
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- 2000
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