Speaker
Dr
leslie bland
(Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Description
Forward particle production can be observed to large Feynman $x$ at $\sqrt{s}>$60 GeV in colliding beam experiments at RHIC. Large transverse single spin asymmetries (SSA) have been measured for pion production at large $x_F$ and to surprisingly large transverse momentum values. As an intended prelude for SSA measurements of forward Drell-Yan production of low-mass dileptons (AnDY), we measured cross sections and SSA for large-$x_F$ jets. This talk will provide a comprehensive review of the inclusive-jet measurements and also dijet measurements by AnDY, for transversely polarized proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=500 GeV. Prospects for extending such measurements to heavy-ion collisions are also presented. Subsequent development of the calorimetry provides clear prospects for future efforts.