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Low-$x$ physics at LHCb

Nuclear Experiment 2023-07-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The LHCb detector's forward geometry provides unprecedented kinematic coverage at low Bjorken-xx. LHCb's excellent momentum resolution, vertex reconstruction, and particle identification enable precision measurements at low transverse momentum and high rapidity in proton-lead collisions, probing xx as small as 10610^{-6}. In this contribution, we present recent studies of low-xx physics using the LHCb detector. These studies include charged hadron, neutral pion, and D0D^0 production in proton-lead collisions, as well as charmonium production in ultraperipheral lead-lead collisions. Future prospects and implications for the understanding of low-xx nuclear PDFs and parton saturation are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2307.15171,
  title  = {Low-$x$ physics at LHCb},
  author = {Thomas Boettcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.15171},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Presented at DIS2023: XXX International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects

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