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Hossain, Forhad

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DOE OSTI2020

Systematic Study of Spectrometer-Induced Azimuthal Asymmetries for SpinQuest

SpinQuest is a transversely polarized Drell-Yan experiment at Fermilab that will measure the Sivers asymmetry for the light antiquarks in the nucleon, using polarized NH3 and ND3 targets and the SeaQuest (E906) spectrometer. Measuring a non-zero Sivers asymmetry would provide strong evidence for non-zero sea-quark orbital angular momentum. Due to the time-dependence of the spectrometer efficiency, and the fluctuations of the beam luminosity, a false azimuthal asymmetry can be introduced that could masquerade as a Sivers asymmetry. In this study, a systematic study of false azimuthal asymmetries using SeaQuest data is presented. This work is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Medium Energy Nuclear Physics Program.

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DOE OSTI2019

Commissioning Trigger for the SpinQuest/E1039 Experiment

The SpinQuest experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the Sivers asymmetry for the light antiquarks in the nucleon using the Drell-Yan process. If the Sivers asymmetry is not zero, we will have found evidence for non-zero orbital angular momentum of light antiquarks. The commissioning of the SpinQuest experiment has two phases. First, we will trigger on cosmic ray muons to understand the performance of the SpinQuest detector which comprises hodoscopes, wire chambers, and proportional tubes. Second, we will use the 120 GeV Main Injector proton beam to test all the detectors more thoroughly and analyze the data to get prepared for physics running. This poster will present the structure of the commissioning trigger, the timing calibration, and the measured performance of the hodoscopes using cosmic rays.

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