Measurement of the spin-spin correlation parameter C/sub S//sub S/ in pp elastic scattering at 6 GeV/c

The first measurement of the spin-spin correlation parameter C/sub S//sub S/ in pp elastic scattering has been made at 6 GeV/c over the mod t range from 0.05 to 1.5 (GeV/c)/sup 2/. The measured C/sub S//sub S/ data points are all negative, and their absolute values increase with mod t. The results are compared with some existing attempts to describe the pp scattering process. (AIP)