N. Akchurin et al., ANALYZING POWER MEASUREMENT OF PP ELASTIC-SCATTERING IN THE COULOMB-NUCLEAR INTERFERENCE REGION WITH THE 200-GEV C POLARIZED-PROTON BEAM ATFERMILAB/, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 48(7), 1993, pp. 3026-3036
The analyzing power A(N) Of proton-proton elastic scattering in the Co
ulomb-nuclear interference region has been measured using the 200-GeV/
c Fermilab polarized proton beam. A theoretically predicted interferen
ce between the hadronic non-spin-flip amplitude and the electromagneti
c spin-flip amplitude is shown for the first time to be present at hig
h energies in the region of 1.5 X 10(-3) to 5.0 X 10(-2) (GeV/c)2 four
-momentum transfer squared, and our results are analyzed in connection
with theoretical calculations. In addition, the role of possible cont
ributions of the hadronic spin-flip amplitude is discussed.