Study of elastic proton-proton scattering with the STAR detector at RHIC

Rafal Sikora

doi:10.1117/12.2203661

11 September 2015 Study of elastic proton-proton scattering with the STAR detector at RHIC

Rafal Sikora

Proceedings Volume 9662, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2015; 96622F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2203661
Event: XXXVI Symposium on Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments (Wilga 2015), 2015, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

The STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is equipped with system of dedicated Silicon Strip Detectors housed inside Roman Pot vessels, allowing to detect protons scattered at small angles. Data from polarized proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass system (c.m.s.) energy √s = 200 GeV collected with special settings of RHIC magnet lattice (β * = 22 m) allow to study proton-proton elastic scattering at very low values of squared four-momentum transfer (Mandelstam t), 0:003 ≤ −t ≤ 0:035 GeV²=c². Results of analysis of systematic effects and large statistics of collected data sample reveal possibility of measurement of the Nuclear Slope Parameter with precision not yet achieved at this c.m.s. energy.

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Rafal Sikora "Study of elastic proton-proton scattering with the STAR detector at RHIC", Proc. SPIE 9662, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2015, 96622F (11 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2203661

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