Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2012-03-26
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
15 pages, 34 figures
Scientific paper
A multi-purpose fixed-target experiment using the proton and lead-ion beams of the LHC was recently proposed by Brodsky, Fleuret, Hadjidakis and Lansberg, and here we concentrate our study on some issues related to the spin physics part of this project (referred to as AFTER). We study the nucleon spin structure through $pp$ and $pd$ processes with a fixed-target experiment using the LHC proton beams, for the kinematical region with 7 TeV proton beams at the energy in center-of-mass frame of two nucleons $\sqrt{s}=115$ GeV. We calculate and estimate the $\cos2\phi$ azimuthal asymmetries of unpolarized $pp$ and $pd$ dilepton production processes in the Drell--Yan continuum region, at $J/\psi$ and $\Upsilon$ peaks and at the $Z$-pole. We also calculate the $\sin(2\phi-\phi_S)$, $\sin(2\phi+\phi_S)$ and $\sin2\phi$ azimuthal asymmetries of $pp$ and $pd$ dilepton production processes with the target proton and deuteron longitudinally or transversally polarized in the Drell--Yan continuum region and around the $J/\psi$, $\Upsilon$ and $Z$ resonances regions. We conclude that it is feasible to measure these azimuthal asymmetries, consequently the three-dimensional or transversal momentum dependent parton distribution functions (3dPDFs or TMDs), at this new AFTER facility.
Liu Tianbo
Ma Bo-Qiang
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