Speaker
Noah Wuerfel
(University of Michigan/ SpinQuest Collaboration)
Description
The SpinQuest (Fermilab E1039) experiment will measure an azimuthal asymmetry in the Drell-Yan production of $\mu+$ $\mu-$ pairs from 120 GeV/c proton interactions with polarized nucleons to extract the Sivers function for $\bar{u}$ and $\bar{d}$. A nonzero asymmetry would be “smoking gun” evidence for orbital angular momentum of the light sea-quarks: predicted to be a major contributor to the proton’s spin. In our 10 minutes together, I will give an overview and share plans for the near future of this exciting experiment from the perspective of a young researcher.
| Fermilab report number | FERMILAB-SLIDES-20-051-E |
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Primary author
Noah Wuerfel
(University of Michigan/ SpinQuest Collaboration)