1999/07/28 by L. C. Bland, Bland, L. C.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/9907058
20 pages, 8 figures in .eps format, epsfig and sprocl style files included, to appear in the Proceedings of the EPIC99 Workshop, April 8-11 1999, Bloomington (Indiana-USA)
arxiv created 1999/07/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Polarized proton collisions will be studied at RHIC up to a total center of mass energy of 500 GeV, starting in 2002. An overview of the RHIC-spin program, and the critical components of the PHENIX and STAR detectors for spin experiments, is presented. The premier experiment within the RHIC-spin program is the determination of the fraction of the proton's spin carried by gluons. A detailed analysis of how accurately this fraction can be determined by the STAR experiment at RHIC is presented.