Speaker
Jinlong Zhang
(Shandong University)
Description
As the first and only high-energy polarized proton-proton collider in the world, RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) has provided unique opportunities for experimental studies of the nucleon spin structure. The featured measurements include direct access to the gluon helicity, flavor-separated sea-quark helicity, and rich transverse spin effects. The recent STAR forward upgrades and newly commissioned sPHENIX with significantly enlarged detector acceptance will further unleash the potential of the polarized proton-proton collisions, especially on precision measurements of transverse spin asymmetries. In this presentation, a brief review, selected recent results, and an outlook of the RHIC spin program will be discussed.
Primary author
Jinlong Zhang
(Shandong University)
