Measurement of the polarization correlation parameter C nn in the pp elastic scattering with an unpolarized proton target and an unpolarized 1-GeV proton beam

Abstract

The polarization correlation parameter Cnn in the elastic proton-proton scattering was for the first time measured with a high statistical accuracy at 1 GeV using an unpolarized proton beam incident on an unpolarized proton target. Both outgoing protons from the reaction were detected in coincidence by means of a two-arm focusing magnetic spectrometer installed at nonsymmetric angles corresponding to the center-of-mass scattering angle Θcm = 62.25°. The correlation parameter Cnn, as well as polarizations P1 and P2 of the secondary protons, were measured by means of multiwire proportional chamber polarimeters placed at the focal planes of each spectrometer arm. The obtained data are compared with the predictions of the phase-shift analysis. The connection with the experiment on Cnn and polarization measurements in the (p, 2p) reaction on 4He and other light nuclei in similar kinematics is discussed