The gluon polarisation in the nucleon has been determined by detecting charm production via D0 meson decay to charged K and π in polarised muon scattering off a longitudinally polarised deuteron target. The data were taken by the COMPASS Collaboration at CERN between 2002 and 2006 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.8 fb−1. The dominant underlying process of charm production is the photon–gluon fusion to a View the MathML source pair. A leading order QCD approach gives an average gluon polarisation of left angle bracketΔg/gright-pointing angle bracketx=−0.49±0.27(stat)±0.11(syst) at a scale μ2≈13 (GeV/c)2 and at an average gluon momentum fraction left angle bracketxright-pointing angle bracket≈0.11. The longitudinal cross-section asymmetry for D0 production is presented in bins of the transverse momentum and the energy of the D0 meson.

Gluon polarisation in the nucleon and longitudinal double spin asymmetries from open charm muoproduction

AMOROSO, Antonio;BALESTRA, Ferruccio;BUSSA, Maria Pia;CHIOSSO, Michela;GRASSO, Antonino;MAGGIORA, MARCO;SOSIO, Stefano;
2009-01-01

Abstract

The gluon polarisation in the nucleon has been determined by detecting charm production via D0 meson decay to charged K and π in polarised muon scattering off a longitudinally polarised deuteron target. The data were taken by the COMPASS Collaboration at CERN between 2002 and 2006 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.8 fb−1. The dominant underlying process of charm production is the photon–gluon fusion to a View the MathML source pair. A leading order QCD approach gives an average gluon polarisation of left angle bracketΔg/gright-pointing angle bracketx=−0.49±0.27(stat)±0.11(syst) at a scale μ2≈13 (GeV/c)2 and at an average gluon momentum fraction left angle bracketxright-pointing angle bracket≈0.11. The longitudinal cross-section asymmetry for D0 production is presented in bins of the transverse momentum and the energy of the D0 meson.
2009
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Inelastic muon scattering; Spin; Asymmetry; Gluon polarisation
M. Alekseevad; V.Yu.Alexakhinh; Yu. Alexandrovp; G.D. Alexeevh; A. Amoroso; A. Austregisiliok; r; B. Badełekae; F. Balestra; J. Ballw; J. Barthd; G. B...espandi
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