Saturation and Pion Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions
| dc.creator | Lenaghan, J. T. | |
| dc.creator | Tuominen, K. | |
| dc.date | 2002-08-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:47:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:47:37Z | |
| dc.description | We study the effects of gluon saturation on pion production in high energy proton-nucleus collisions using the color glass condensate model. At high p_perp, we show that the p_perp-distribution of gluons behaves as ~ 1/(p_perp^7) in accordance with both conventional perturbative QCD calculations and experiment. Fragmentation of gluons into pions leads to a rapidity dependent depletion of pions relative to the conventional perturbative QCD predictions. We argue that these clear and systematic differences provide a signal for the onset of gluon saturation which is accessible in upcoming experiments. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, 3 eps-figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0208007 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0208007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41734 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Saturation and Pion Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions | |
| dc.type | text |