Results from pp at 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV with the BRAHMS experiment

Abstract

Measurements of elementary pp collisions are an integral component to understand heavy ion collisions. Results for pp collisions at 200 and 62.4 GeV are presented. At both energies NLO pQCD describes pion production well. The measured pion transverse single spin asymmetries are very large at 62.4 GeV and are reasonably well described by models relying on pQCD at transverse momenta larger than 1 GeV/c.