arXiv 0811.45892008-11nucl-exhep-ex

Measurement of Angular Distributions of Drell-Yan Dimuons in $p + p$ Interactions at 800 GeV/c

L. Y. Zhu, J. C. Peng, P. E. Reimer, T. C. Awes, M. L. Brooks, C. N. Brown

备注：: 4 pages, 3 figures
发表信息：: Phys.Rev.Lett.102:182001,2009
DOI：: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.182001

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We report a measurement of the angular distributions of Drell-Yan dimuons produced using an 800 GeV/c proton beam on a hydrogen target. The polar and azimuthal angular distribution parameters have been extracted over the kinematic range $4.5 < m_{μμ} < 15$ GeV/c$^2$ (excluding the $Υ$ resonance region), $0 < p_T < 4 $ GeV/c, and $0 < x_F < 0.8$. The $p+p$ angular distributions are similar to those of $p+d$, and both data sets are compared with models which attribute the $\cos 2 ϕ$ distribution either to the presence of the transverse-momentum-dependent Boer-Mulders structure function $h_1^\perp$ or to QCD effects. The data indicate the presence of both mechanisms. The validity of the Lam-Tung relation in $p+p$ Drell-Yan is also tested.

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