Observation of Transverse Spin-Dependent Azimuthal Correlations of Charged Pion Pairs in ${p}^{\ensuremath{\uparrow}}+p$ at $\sqrt{s}=200\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$
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2015
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We report the observation of transverse polarization-dependent azimuthal correlations in charged pion pair production with the STAR experiment in p↑+p collisions at RHIC. These correlations directly probe quark transversity distributions. We measure signals in excess of 5 standard deviations at high transverse momenta, at high pseudorapidities η>0.5, and for pair masses around the mass of the ρ meson. This is the first direct transversity measurement in p+p collisions.
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STAR Collaboration. "Observation of Transverse Spin-Dependent Azimuthal Correlations of Charged Pion Pairs in
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