Enhancement of prompt photons in ultrarelativistic proton-proton collisions from nonlinear gluon evolution at small-$x$

dc.creatorMariotto, C. Brenner
dc.creatorGoncalves, V. P.
dc.date2007-04-30
dc.date2007-05-30
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dc.descriptionIn this paper we estimate the influence of nonlinear gluon evolution in the production of prompt photons at the LHC pp collider. We assume the validity of collinear factorization and consider the EHKQS parton distributions, which are solutions of the GLR-MQ evolution equations and describe quite well the DESY $ep$ HERA data, as input in our calculations. We find that both single and double photon production are enhanced for low-$p_T$ photons and central rapidities, while this effect is absent for the high-$p_T$ photons. The implications of this effect for the Quark-Gluon Plasma searches and for the QCD background to Higgs are also discussed.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures. Version to be published in Physical Review C
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0036
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0036
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C75:068202,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.75.068202
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/205645
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleEnhancement of prompt photons in ultrarelativistic proton-proton collisions from nonlinear gluon evolution at small-$x$
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