Particle Multiplicities in Nuclear Collisions at the LHC from Saturation Physics

dc.creatorAlbacete, Javier L.
dc.date2008-06-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:51:23Z
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dc.descriptionThe inclusion of running coupling effects in the BK-JIMWLK evolution equations considerably reduces the energy dependence of the saturation scale with respect to previous estimates based on fits to HERA data. We discuss how such slowdown affects the expectations for particle multiplicities in Pb-Pb collisions at LHC energies. Our prediction is based on the use of k_t-factorization and on the use of unintegrated gluon distributions taken from the numerical solutions of the BK equation with running coupling. We obtain a central value dN/dη(sqrt{s}=5.5 TeV)(η=0)~1390.
dc.description4 pages and 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of Quark Matter 2008: 20th International Conference On Ultra-relativistic Nucleus Nucleus Collisions (QM08), Jaipur, India, 4-10 Feb. 2008
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0672
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0672
dc.identifierJ.Phys.G35:125110,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0954-3899/35/12/125110
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203884
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleParticle Multiplicities in Nuclear Collisions at the LHC from Saturation Physics
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