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Nuclear Structure Functions at Small x from Inelastic Shadowing and Diffraction

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-09-13 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Nuclear structure functions at small x and small or moderate Q2Q^2 are studied using the relation with diffraction on nucleons which arises from Gribov's Reggeon Calculus. A reasonable description of experimental data is obtained with no fitted parameters. A comparison with other models and predictions for future lepton-ion colliders are provided. Consequences for the reduction of multiplicities in nucleus-nucleus collisions at energies of RHIC and LHC are examined.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0304119,
  title  = {Nuclear Structure Functions at Small x from Inelastic Shadowing and Diffraction},
  author = {N. Armesto and A. Capella and A. B. Kaidalov and J. Lopez-Albacete and C. A. Salgado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0304119},
  year   = {2011}
}

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