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EPS09s and EKS98s: Impact parameter dependent nPDF sets

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-12 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

In our recent study we have determined two new spatially dependent nuclear PDF (nPDF) sets, EPS09s and EKS98s. With these, the hard-process cross-sections can be calculated in different centrality classes consistently with the globally analyzed nPDFs for the first time. The sets were determined by exploiting the AA-systematics of the globally fitted nPDF sets, EPS09 and EKS98. For the spatial dependence of the nPDFs we used a power series ansatz in the nuclear thickness function TAT_A. In this flash talk we introduce the framework, and present our NLO EPS09s-based predictions for the nuclear modification factor in four centrality classes for inclusive neutral pion production in p+Pb collisions at the LHC and for inclusive prompt photon production in d+Au collisions at RHIC at midrapidity.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1211.2130,
  title  = {EPS09s and EKS98s: Impact parameter dependent nPDF sets},
  author = {Ilkka Helenius and Kari J. Eskola and Heli Honkanen and Carlos A. Salgado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.2130},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, Contribution to the proceedings of the Quark Matter 2012, Washington D.C., August 12-18, 2012

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