W Physics at RHIC
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W Physics at RHIC
Werner VogelsangBNL Nuclear Theory
2007 RHIC/AGS Users Meeting
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• Introduction• Basics of W production at RHIC• Theory aspects• Future opportunities• Conclusions
Outline:
C. Weiss
Material from talks by
P. Nadolsky
S. Arnold
A. Mukherjee
H. Yokoya
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I. Introduction
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Current “spin budget” of the nucleon:
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• would like to know more:
• important role played by sea ?
• Nucleon models make predictions, for example:
Pion cloud
Sullivan; Thomas
Dressler; Fries, Schäfer, Weiss
• correct picture? (relies on symmetries, F,D )
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Large-NC , Quark Soliton
Diakonov et al.; Dressler et al.; …
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Little is known so far: “SIDIS”
HERMES, COMPASS, JLab
HERMES
• inconclusive• large inherent uncertainties
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pQCD, Lz=0
• also specific interest in large-x region : Lz0
ConstituentQuark models
Avakian, Brodsky, Deur, Yuan
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II. Basics of W production at RHIC
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At RHIC:
If parity conserved:
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universal partonic scatt.perturbative QCD
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unpol.
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• large scale Q~MW: pQCD
• complementary to SIDIS, cleaner
• large asymmetries “guaranteed” (at large x)
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• typically probed values of x relatively large (smallest accessible x is )
• will get only small part of first moments of pdfs
• to test model predictions, x-dependence actually more relevant
• recall, also large-x region an area for model predictions (and the lattice)
• ultimately, become part of “global analysis” of all RHIC data
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III. Theory aspects
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• radiative corrections: higher-order QCD corrections
Main issues:
• take into account W decay : instead of (RHIC acceptance !) Hadronic decays (2 jets) ?
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Best developed tool: RhicBosP. Nadolsky, C.P. Yuan
• Monte-Carlo integrator with NLO and NNLL q resummation accuracy
LO: HO:
(NLO relatively important, resummation moderately so)
• Leptonic decays fully included. Lepton distributions for realistic acceptance.
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Nadolsky, Yuan
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inv. mass Q = MW
• partonic cross section :
• higher orders :
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Recent work on higher-order QCD corrections:
Mukherjee, WV”Threshold resummation”
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• enhanced by parton distributions :
z = 1 emphasized, in particular as 1
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Mukherjee, WV
All-order resummation of
Sterman; Catani, Trentadue
W+
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Renewed interest in hadronic W decays:Arnold, Metz, WV;Nadolsky
First thing that comes to mind:
(El.weak)2 “doubly resonant”
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Bourrely, Soffer
However, AL also arises from (QCD El.weak):
Also:
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• higher event rates (BR)+
• can choose events with both jets seen. get directly
• perhaps tool to see first PV signal
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Moretti, Nolten, Ross; Arnold, Metz, WV
• many partonic channels (even for resonant ones)
• no W charge identification
• denominator is QCD 2 jet cr.sec. AL small (however, S/B better than at Tevatron)
• higher-order corrections?
• separation of W, Z hard?
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One example:
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Potential improvements -- need study:
• better variables (e.g. dijet pair mass mjj)
• perhaps techniques for subtraction of main QCD background ?
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IV. Future opportunities
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• associated W+charm production ? Sudoh, Yokoya
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W-
c
“D-tagged W’s”
Access to strangeness at RHIC II ?
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Polarization :Luminosity :Detection efficiency :
Sudoh, Yokoya
Requires high luminosity
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W physics at eRHIC
• charged current DIS
u
e
dW-
Anselmino et al.; …
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• electroweak parameters? sin2(W) ?
Q2>225 GeV2
L=2/fb
Contreras et al.
Stratmann, WV
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Conclusions & Outlook:
• good control of theory: higher-order corrections, resummations. Power corrections likely small.
• hadronic decays useful ? Needs further work.
• further opportunities at RHIC II and eRHIC
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