@article{74c0f8dc124c4d51947d1ecf91b36b29,
title = "Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for π0 production at midrapidity in p+p collisions at s =510 GeV",
abstract = "PHENIX measurements are presented for the cross section and double-helicity asymmetry (ALL) in inclusive π0 production at midrapidity from p+p collisions at s=510 GeV from data taken in 2012 and 2013 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The next-to-leading-order perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics theory calculation is in excellent agreement with the presented cross section results. The calculation utilized parton-to-pion fragmentation functions from the recent DSS14 global analysis, which prefer a smaller gluon-to-pion fragmentation function. The π0ALL results follow an increasingly positive asymmetry trend with pT and s with respect to the predictions and are in excellent agreement with the latest global analysis results. This analysis incorporated earlier results on π0 and jet ALL and suggested a positive contribution of gluon polarization to the spin of the proton ΔG for the gluon momentum fraction range x>0.05. The data presented here extend to a currently unexplored region, down to x∼0.01, and thus provide additional constraints on the value of ΔG.",
author = "{(PHENIX Collaboration)} and A. Adare and C. Aidala and Ajitanand, {N. N.} and Y. Akiba and R. Akimoto and J. Alexander and M. Alfred and K. Aoki and N. Apadula and Y. Aramaki and H. Asano and Atomssa, {E. T.} and Awes, {T. C.} and B. Azmoun and V. Babintsev and M. Bai and X. Bai and Bandara, {N. S.} and B. Bannier and Barish, {K. N.} and S. Bathe and V. Baublis and C. Baumann and S. Baumgart and A. Bazilevsky and M. Beaumier and S. Beckman and R. Belmont and A. Berdnikov and Y. Berdnikov and D. Black and Blau, {D. S.} and Bok, {J. S.} and K. Boyle and Brooks, {M. L.} and J. Bryslawskyj and H. Buesching and V. Bumazhnov and S. Butsyk and S. Campbell and Chen, {C. H.} and Chi, {C. Y.} and M. Chiu and Choi, {I. J.} and Choi, {J. B.} and S. Choi and V. Cianciolo and I. Garishvili and Lajoie, {J. G.} and Read, {K. F.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 American Physical Society.",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.93.011501",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "1",
}