Measurement of the differences in the total cross section for antiparallel and parallel longitudinal spins and a measurement of parity nonconservation with incident polarized protons and antiprotons at 200-GeV/c.

The E581/704 collaboration Grosnick, D.P. ; Hill, D.A. ; Kasprzyk, T. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 55 (1997) 1159-1187, 1997.
Inspire Record 420534 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22329

The highest-energy measurement of ΔσL(pp) and the first ever measurement of ΔσL(p¯p), the differences between proton-proton and antiproton-proton total cross sections for pure longitudinal spin states, are described. Data were taken using 200-GeV/c polarized beams incident on a polarized-proton target. The results are measured to be ΔσL(pp)=−42±48(stat)±53(syst) μb and ΔσL(p¯p)=−256±124(stat)±109(syst) μb. Many tests of systematic effects were investigated and are described, and a comparison to theoretical predictions is also given. Measurements of parity nonconservation at 200 GeV/c in proton scattering and the first ever of antiproton scattering have also been derived from these data. The values are consistent with zero at the 10−5 level.

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