1998/02/11 by J. Soffer
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
published as Acta Phys.Polon. B29 (1998) 1303-1314 · Latex file, 12 pages and 6 fig included with psfig.sty.,use appb style. To appear in the Proceedings of The Cracow Epiphany Conference on Spin Effects in Particle Physics, Cracow, Poland, January 9-11, 1998
arxiv created 1998/02/11 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The RHIC facility at BNL will be operating soon, part of the year, as a polarized proton-proton collider. This will allow the undertaking of a vast spin physics programme, mainly by the two large detectors PHENIX and STAR. We review some theoretical aspects of this research programme which will allow, firstly to improve our present knowledge on polarized quark, gluon and sea distributions in a nucleon, secondly to perform novel QCD spin tests and finally, perhaps, to uncover some new physics.