Spectrum of diffractively produced gluons in onium-nucleus collisions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
We calculate spectrum of diffractively produced gluons in onium-heavy nucleus collisions at high energies. We show that it exhibits a characteristic dependence on nucleus atomic number A and energy/rapidity. We argue that this dependence offers a unique possibility for determining the low-x structure of nuclear matter. Applications to RHIC, LHC and EIC experimental programs are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.1608,
title = {Spectrum of diffractively produced gluons in onium-nucleus collisions},
author = {Yang Li and Kirill Tuchin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1608},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
18 pages, 4 figs; discussion of Eqs.(17)-(19) added