Phenomenological Evidence for Gluon Depletion in pA Collisions
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-06 v2
Abstract
The data of J/psi suppression at large x_F in pA collisions are used to infer the existence of gluon depletion as the projectile proton traverses the nucleus. The modification of the gluon distribution is studied by use of a convolution equation whose non-perturbative splitting function is determined phenomenologically. The depletion factor at x_1=0.8 is found to be about 25% at A=100.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0007007,
title = {Phenomenological Evidence for Gluon Depletion in pA Collisions},
author = {R. C. Hwa and J. Pisut and N. Pisutova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0007007},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages (RevTex) + 3 figures (eps)