학술논문

Opportunities for Drell-Yan Physics at RHIC
Document Type
Technical Report
Author
Source
Other Information: OPPORTUNITIES FOR DRELL-YAN PHYSICS AT RHIC; Physics bldg. 510; 20110511 through 20110513
Subject
73 ASYMMETRY
COLLISIONS
DEUTERON REACTIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
DRELL MODEL
GLUONS
GOLD 197 TARGET
HEAVY IONS
NUCLEONS
PHYSICS
POLARIZATION
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
SATURATION
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM Opportunities
Drell-Yan
RHIC
riken bnl research center
Opportunities
Language
English
Abstract
Drell-Yan (DY) physics gives the unique opportunity to study the parton structure of nucleons in an experimentally and theoretically clean way. With the availability of polarized proton-proton collisions and asymmetric d+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), we have the basic (and unique in the world) tools to address several fundamental questions in QCD, including the expected gluon saturation at low partonic momenta and the universality of transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions. A Drell-Yan program at RHIC is tied closely to the core physics questions of a possible future electron-ion collider, eRHIC. The more than 80 participants of this workshop focused on recent progress in these areas by both theory and experiment, trying to address imminent questions for the near and mid-term future.