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Cronin effect and energy conservation constraints in high energy proton-nucleus collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We estimate the Cronin effect in pA collisions at the CERN LHC and at RHIC, using a Glauber-Eikonal model of initial state multiparton interactions. For a correct determination of the initial parton flux, we upgrade the model cross section, taking carefully into account all kinematical constraints of each multi-parton interaction process. As compared with previous results, derived with approximate kinematics, we obtain a softer spectrum of produced partons, while improving the agreement of the model with the recent measurements of neutral pions production in d+Au collisions at sqrt(s)=200 AGeV.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0401067,
  title  = {Cronin effect and energy conservation constraints in high energy proton-nucleus collisions},
  author = {Enrico Cattaruzza and Daniele Treleani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0401067},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Accepted by Phys.Rev.D