Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2010-09-02
Phys.Rev.Lett.106:062002,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physics Review Letters
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.062002
We report the first measurement of the parity violating single-spin asymmetries for midrapidity decay positrons and electrons from $W^{+}$ and $W^{-}$ boson production in longitudinally polarized proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=500 $GeV by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The measured asymmetries, $A^{W^+}_{L}=-0.27\pm 0.10\;({\rm stat.})\pm 0.02\;({\rm syst.}) \pm 0.03\;({\rm norm.})$ and $A^{W^-}_{L}=0.14\pm 0.19\;({\rm stat.})\pm 0.02 \;({\rm syst.})\pm 0.01\;({\rm norm.})$, are consistent with theory predictions, which are large and of opposite sign. These predictions are based on polarized quark and antiquark distribution functions constrained by polarized DIS measurements.
Aggarwal Madan M.
The STAR Collaboration
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