SINGLE DIFFRACTIVE $\Lambda_c^+$ PRODUCTION IN POLARIZED pp SCATTERING WITH POLARIZED GLUON DISTRIBUTION IN THE PROTON

Abstract

Based on the hard-scattering factorization which decomposes the diffractive structure function into a pomeron flux and a pomeron structure function, we study the single diffractive [Formula: see text] production in polarized pp scattering: [Formula: see text], which will be observed at forthcoming RHIC experiment. By analyzing the cross-section and correlation of the spin polarization between the initial proton and produced [Formula: see text], we found that the process might be effective for testing both hard-scattering factorization and models of the polarized gluon distribution in the proton.