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Description
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is the first and only collider in the world that is able to run polarized proton beams, allowing for polarized measurements at higher energies compared to fixed target experiments. Longitudinally polarized collisions probe the spin structure of the proton, while transversely polarized collisions allow for spin-momentum correlation measurements that are sensitive to both initial- and final-state effects. This talk will cover new results from the RHIC spin program including constraints to how much the gluon contributes to the spin of the proton and nuclear effects in spin-momentum correlations, as well as future opportunities with the STAR forward upgrade and the upcoming sPHENIX experiment. The spin program at the RHIC will continue to be an integral part in expanding our knowledge of the structure of the nucleon and will inform future measurements at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider.
