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We present the program summary and long write-up for SPHINX TT, a new Monte Carlo simulation for transversely polarized nucleon-nucleon scattering. The program is based on Pythia/Jetset.
We present the updated long write-up for version 1.1 of the SPHINX Monte Carlo. The program can be used to simulate polarized nucleon - nucleon collisions at high energies. Spins of colliding particles are taken into account. The program allows the calculation of cross sections for various processes.
Using {\sc Sphinx tt}, a new MC simulation program for transverse polarized nucleon--nucleon scattering based on {\sc Pythia~5.6}, we calculate the transverse double spin asymmetry $A^{TT}$ in the Drell-Yan process. If one assumes (quite arbitrarily) that the transversity parton distribution $δq(x,Q^2)$ equals the helicity distribution $Δq(x,Q^2)$ at some low $Q_0^2$ scale, the resulting asymmetry is of order 1\%. In this case is $A^{TT}$ would hardly be be measurable with PHENIX at RHIC.