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To extract information about the polarized gluon distribution, $\dg$, in the nucleons, we propose Lambda_c^+ productions in polarized pp scattering, p + \vec{p} \to \vec{Lambda_c^+} + X, which will be observed at RHIC experiment starting…
The intense photon fluxes of relativistic nuclei provide a possibility to study photonuclear and two-photon interactions in ultra-peripheral collisions (UPC) where the nuclei do not overlap and no strong nuclear interactions occur. The…
Results of exclusive photoproduction of Upsilon states in Ultraperipheral collisions (UPC) of protons and ions with the CMS experiment are presented, which provides a clean probe of the gluon distribution at small values of parton…
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