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Photoproduction prospects at the EIC

Nuclear Experiment 2017-08-22 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We discuss how photoproduction and electroproduction processes will provide a precise tool to study nuclear structure in the small-xx region in the future Electron-Ion Collider. In particular, we emphasize how exclusive vector meson production at the EIC can be used to accurately map the gluonic density profile of nuclei, including its event-by-event fluctuations. In addition, we show how measurements of the total diffractive cross section will be sensitive to saturation effects.

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@article{arxiv.1708.05756,
  title  = {Photoproduction prospects at the EIC},
  author = {Heikki Mäntysaari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05756},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

5 pages, 6 figures. Invited talk at the Photon 2017 conference

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