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1/37 ECT* High-energy QCD, 12/01/07                            David d'Enterria (CERN) Experimental studies of gluon saturation: from RHIC/HERA to LHC CERN, PH/EP “High-energy QCD: from RHIC to LHC” ECT*, January 12 th  2007 David d'Enterria 
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Page 1: Experimental studies of gluon saturation: from RHIC/HERA ...€¦ · Experimental (ep,pp,AA) probes of lowx PDFs: processes, kin. ranges Experimental status: Results at HERA (proton)

1/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Experimental studies of gluonsaturation: from RHIC/HERA to LHC

CERN, PH/EP

“High­energy QCD: from RHIC to LHC”ECT*, January 12th 2007

David d'Enterria 

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2/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Experimental studies of gluonsaturation: from RHIC/HERA to LHC

 

http://www­spht.cea.fr/Images/Pisp/fgelis/Workshops/Trento2007/

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3/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Overview➢ Introduction:   ­ Gluon saturation (CGC) & non­linear evolution (BK­JIMWLK)   ­ Experimental (ep,pp,AA) probes of low­x PDFs: processes, kin. ranges

➢ Experimental status:    ­ Results at HERA (proton) and RHIC (nucleus)➢ Low­x QCD (Pb,p) studies @ the LHC:   ­ ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb experimental capabilities   ­ Six case­studies: [disclaimers: no pPb, CMS­centric]     PbPb @ 5.5 TeV: (1) dNch/dη, (2) QQbar→e+e­,µ+µ­ in UPC (γPb),     pp @ 14 TeV:       (3) fwd QQbar, (4) fwd jets,                                   (5) “Mueller­Navelet” dijets, (6) fwd DY, ...

➢ Summary

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4/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Low­x gluon saturation – CGC

➢ Gluons overlap below “saturation scale” Qs(x)~x−λ

➢ Color Glass Condensate = effective­field theory    describing hadrons as classical fields around Qs    (non­linear BK/JIMWLK evolution eqs.).➢ Saturation effects enhanced in nuclear targets:

➢ Strong rise at low­x of gluons observed at HERA:➢ Radiation controlled by QCD evolution eqs.:    Q2 ­ DGLAP: F2(Q2) ~ αsln(Q2/Q0

2)n, Q02 ~1 GeV2   

    x ­ BFKL: F2(x) ~ αsln(1/x)n           Linear equations (single parton radiation/splitting)     cannot work at low­x: Unitarity violated (even for Q2>>Λ2),    collinear & kT factorization break down

λ~0.3

~ 6 

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5/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

 Experimental probes: low­x PDFs (γp,pp,γA,AA)➢Perturbative processes:

   ‣ Drell­Yan, prompt γ (pp,AA)

   ‣ (Di)Jets (pp,AA):

   ‣ Diffractive QQ, heavy­Q(γp, γA):_

(di)jets (y=4)

...

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6/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Small­x ➞ Forward rapidities

➢  2  2 parton kinematics:

➢  2  1 (gluon fusion) CGC kinematics: much lower x allowed (x2~x2min)

CGC: pQCD:

(RHIC) [Accardi, nucl­th/0405046]

x(y=4) ~ 10­4 x(y=4) ~ 10­2

x1√s/2 x2√s/2pT

e.g. LHC, pT = 10 GeV/c θ ~10­3 ( ~η 7): xmin~10­6  

x1√s/2 x2√s/2

y = 0:  x1~x2 ~ xT = 2pT/√s

Every 2­units of y,x2 decreases by ~10 

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7/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

PDF (x,Q2) experimental maps: proton, nucleus

➢  Kinematical (x,Q2) domains covered experimentally:

➢ Note: most existing low­x nPDFs measurements in the non­perturbative regime

ep, pp

eA, pAmuch less nuclear PDF dataavailable:

Dd'E,nucl­ex/0404018

(_)

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8/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Saturation effects at HERA (ep) and RHIC (dA,AA)

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9/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

HERA: F2(x,Q2) at moderate Q2

➢  Saturation models describe well F2(x,Q2) in “transition region”  of moderate/low Q2   (Note: also DGLAP, though at limit of applicability)

F2

F2

 No sat. fits

x

CGCSat. fits

J.Forshaw,G.ShawJHEP 0412 (2004) 052

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10/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

HERA: “Geometric scaling” of low­x F2(x,Q2) 

➢  Saturation predicts low­x structure dependence on a single scale Q2s

     DIS inclusive cross­section shows geo. scaling  x < 0.01, 0.045 < Q2 < 450 GeV2

Golec­Biernat­WusthoffPRD60 114023 (1999)

 Described by dipole model:

up to relatively large Q2 (“extended scaling” region): BK/JIMWLK evolution

σγ*p

 ,  Q0 = 1 GeV,  λ = 0.3

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11/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

HERA: Diffractive structure function (dPDFs)

➢  Saturation models can describe consistently total γp x­section (F2) and            DDIS ( xIPF2

D(3), Pomeron structure) and DVCS forward amplitudes:

xIP = fraction of p momentum        carried by Pomeron

xIP

β

β = fraction of IP momentum        carried by struck parton

J.Forshaw,G.ShawJHEP 0412 (2004) 052

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12/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

HERA: Geometric scaling in diffractive DIS

➢   Geometric  scaling  also  observed  in  diffractive  observables:  DVCS,     

exclusive vector­meson:

C.Marquet, L. SchoeffelPLB639 (2006) 471

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ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

➢AuAu (200 GeV) 0-5% central collisions:

➢ “Reduced” multiplicity predicted by saturation models (gluon “fusion”

reduces incoming parton flux).

RHIC: Total AA hadron multiplicity (I)RHIC: Total AA hadron multiplicity (I)

dNch/dη~ 700 charged particles per unit rapidity at y=0

Predicted multiplicites:

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14/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

RHIC: Total AA hadron multiplicity (II)

➢Final hadron multiplicity ∝ Initial multiplicity of released gluons ∝ Qs

➢Centrality & √sNN dependence well described:

Armesto, Salgado, WiedemannPRL94 (2005) 022002

   + “local parton­hadron duality” (1 gluon = 1 final hadron)

Collision of 2 classical (saturated) fields

~

KLN, PLB507 (2001) 121

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ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

RHIC: Suppressed forward dAu pRHIC: Suppressed forward dAu pTT spectra spectra

η = 3.2

➢Hard hadrons at y=0 well described by coll. factoriz. + mild LT shadow.:

➢  But RHIC & HERA saturation “evidences” too close to non­perturbative range (Qs

2~1 GeV2). Much better conditions @ LHC (Qs2 ~5 GeV2, lower x, larger y) 

CGC

pQCD➢ Suppressed fwd hadron spectra:    pT ~ 2 – 4 GeV/c not described   by standard pQCD but by CGC:    reduced # of partonic scattering    centers in Au at x~10­3

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16/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Low­x QCD at LHC

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17/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

LHC PbPb: low­x nuclear PDF studies➢PbPb @ 5.5 TeV,  pPb @ 8.8 TeV:

  (i) Very high √s ⇒ x = 2pT/√s ~ 10­3 ~30­45 times lower than AuAu,dAu @ RHIC !

  (ii) Saturation momentum (A1/3~6): Qs2 ~ [5 GeV2]·e(0.3 y)

  (iii) Very large perturbative cross­sections.

Nuclear xG(x,Q2) basically unknown for x<10­3 !

Armesto, J.Phys.G32:R367 (2006) 

Ratio of gluon densities in Pb to p:

eA, pA

Dd'E,J.Phys.G G30 (2004) S767

?

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18/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

LHC pp: low­x proton PDF studies➢ pp @ 14 TeV :

  (i)  = ,At y 0  x=2pT/√s ~10­3 (domain probed @ HERA,Tevatron). Go fwd. for x<10­4  

  (ii) Saturation momentum: Qs2 ~ 1 GeV2 (y=0), 3 GeV2 (y=5)

  (iii) Very large perturbative cross­sections:

Drell­Yan

     LHC forward rapidities     e.g. y ~ 5, Q2 ~ 10 GeV      x down to 10­5 !

Prompt γ

Jets

W,Z productionHeavy Flavours

ep, pp_

?

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19/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Forward detectors in CMS/ATLAS➢CMS + TOTEM:

➢ATLAS:

TOTEM T2IP

TOTEM T1HF

HF (Iron­Q­fiber calo): 3 < η < 5

TOTEM­T1:  3.1 < η < 4.7TOTEM­T2 (GEM telescope):  5.3 < η < 6.7

CASTOR (W/­Q­fiber calo): 5.25 < η < 6.5

ZDC (W/Q­fiber calo): η > 8.5 (neutral)

Forw. Cal.: 3 < η < 5

LUCID (Cerenkov Counter): 5.4 <   η < 6.1

ZDC (W/Q­fiber calo): η > 8.5 (neutral)

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20/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

CMS­TOTEM at the LHC➢  HF,CASTOR,ZDC + TOTEM: Quasi­full acceptance at LHC

➢ Detection capabilities within   η < 6.7 (and   η > 8.1, neutral).➢ Hard scattering measurements (jets, high­pT hadrons, DY) possible   down to x~10­6 in pp, pA, AA.

CASTORCASTOR TOTEMTOTEM

ZDCZDC

[5.2 <   η < 6.6]

(z = ±140 m)

[  η > 8.3 neutral]

HFHF

 η = ­8     ­6   ­4    ­2     0     2     4     6     8    

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21/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Forward Detectors in ALICE/LHCb➢ALICE, LHCb forward muon spectrometers:

➢Excellent capabilities for heavy­Q,    QQbar measurements at low­x:

2.5< η< 4

2 <   η < 5

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22/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Case­study I: Total PbPb hadron multiplicity

➢Final A+A multiplicity ∝ Initial number of released gluons :

➢ CMS dN/d (||<2.5) via hit counting à la PHOBOS (pixels pulse height)

 

   + “local parton­hadron duality” (1 gluon = 1 final hadron)

        ● simulated primary tracks              ✝ reconstructed (pT

min~50 MeV)

CGC: 

Gluon saturation ⇒

reduced dN/d|=0~1800  

0­10% PbPb HIJING (no­quench)

C.Smith,CMS­AN03­15

KLN, NPA747 (2005) 609 N.Armesto,Pajares IJMPA15(00)2019

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23/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Parenthesis: Good dN/dη for CGC ⇒ “Bad” news for QGP

➢Expected reduced dN/d|=0~1800 ⇒(relatively) low T plasma:

➢LHC conditions still too close to sQGP regime ?

 

KLN, NPA747 (2005) 609N.Armesto,C.Pajares, IJMPA15(00)2019

Take equilibrated QGP at τ0~0.3 fm/c: ε0~(0.5·ρ0)4/3~[0.5 dN/dy/(τ0AT)]4/3~   ~ 100 GeV/fm3

T0~(ε0/12)1/4~0.52 GeV

LHC ?RHIC

✺[Note also: ~10% of dN/dy  at RHIC is due to viscous effects] 

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24/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

 Case­study II: ϒ photoprod. (γ Pb) in UPC PbPb

➢ High energy heavy­ions produce strong electromagnetic     fields due to the coherent action of Z = 82 protons:

➢ Equivalent flux of photons in EM (aka. Ultra­     Peripheral, bmin~ 2RA ~20 fm) AA colls.:

➢ QQ diffractive photoproduction sensitive to the gluon density squared:

Max. γ energy: Eγmax ~ 80 GeV (PbPb­LHC)

     γ Pb: max. sγPb  ≈   1. TeV   3. ­ ≈ 4. × sγp(HERA)

   y=0 : x(ϒ) = 2·10­3

   y~2 : x(ϒ)~x(y=0)·e­y~10­4unexplored xGA(x,Q2)

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25/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

CMS: central e± and µ± measurement (|η|<2.4)             Tracking + ECAL            +                 muon­chambers

Silicon Microstripsand Pixels

Si TRACKER CALORIMETERS

ECAL

HCALPlastic Sci/Steel sandwich

MUON BARRELDrift Tube Chambers (DT)

Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC)PbWO4

ϒ ➞ e+e­

ϒ ➞ +­

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26/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

ϒ and ℓ+ℓ­ cross­sections in UPC (γ Pb, γ γ ) 

➢ STARLIGHT MC predictions [J. Nystrand, S.Klein, NPA752(2005)470]

➢ ~50% of UPC interactions have soft EM interactions leading to nuclear  breakup w/ forward neutron (Xn) emission (ZDC important for triggering)

Pb

Pb

Pb

Pb

Signal Background

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27/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

  Full simulation­reconstruct. ϒ + ℓ+ℓ­ continuum

➢ Full CMS simulation+digi+hit+reconstruction:

➢ Excellent µµ mass resolution: higher mass bb states (ϒ',ϒ'') can be resolved

ϒ ➞ e+e­ ϒ ➞ +­

Peak position: ~9.35 GeV/c2

Mass resolution: ~150 MeV/c2

Peak position: ~9.52 GeV/c2

Mass resolution: ~90 MeV/c2

tracker+ECAL tracker+µ­chambers

(not in MC now)

_

DdE, A.Hees, CMS­AN06­107

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28/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

  Expected ϒ yields (PbPb 1­“year” luminosity)

➢ Backgd. subtracted dN/dminv for ∫ℒ dt =0.5 nb­1 PbPb­5.5 TeV (t=106 s)

➢ Syst. uncertainties (dominated by backgd. subtraction, 5% lumin.): ~10%  ➢ Final total rates : 

(error bars = stat. uncertainties for integrated luminosity)

     N(ϒ ➞ e+e­) ~ 220±15(stat)±10%(syst)          N(ϒ ➞ µ+µ­) ~ 180±13(stat)±10%(syst)  

ϒ ➞ e+e­ ϒ ➞ +­

➢ Enough stats. for detailed studies (including y­dependence) of gluon PDF

DdE, A.Hees, CMS­AN06­107

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29/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Case­study III: Forward QQ in ALICE (2.5 <| |η < 4)[D.Stocco,Gagliardi]

➢  Sensitive to x2~10­5 where xg(x) is not well constrained:

dσ/dy J/ :ψ  NLO CEM w/ varying PDFs

QQbar: Interesting observable to test DGLAP versus CGC/BDL predictions (alsoheavy­Q, see A. Dainese talk tomorrow)

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CMS: Hadronic Forward Calorimeter (3 <| |η < 5)

• 11.2 m from IP5.  1.65 m absorber depth..• Steel+quartz­fibre Cerenkov (EM,HAD) calorimeter • Hamamatsu R7525 rad­hard PMTs• 2x1200 towers: Δη x ΔΦ ~ 0.18 x 0.18• Excellent jet position ~10%, energy ~15%  resolutions• Large jet reco efficiency: ~90%• Jet candidates in level­1 trigger (for VBF,qq­­>qqH)

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CMS: Hadronic Forward Calorimeter (3 <| |η < 5)

• 11.2 m from IP5.  1.65 m absorber depth..• Steel+quartz­fibre Cerenkov (EM,HAD) calorimeter • Hamamatsu R7525 rad­hard PMTs• 2x1200 towers: Δη x ΔΦ ~ 0.18 x 0.18• Excellent jet position ~10%, energy ~15%  resolutions• Large jet reco efficiency: ~90%• Jet candidates in level­1 trigger (for VBF,qq­­>qqH)

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32/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Case­study IV: Forward jets in CMS­HF (3 <| |η < 5)

➢  Inclusive forward “low­ET” jet     (ET ~20­100 GeV) production:

➢  Inclusive fwd. jet reconstruction:

Sensitive to partons with:  x2 ~ 10­4 , x1 ~ 10­1

PYTHIA ~ NLO [Vogelsang]

p + p  → jet1 + jet2 + X

• PYTHIA 6.4. min­bias (hard&soft QCD)• MC­level proof­of­principle only (no det. response !)• HF grid: ∆η×∆φ = 0.175×0.175• Iterative cone, R=0.5, Ethresh=10 GeV, Eseed=3 GeV• Missing important corrections: underlying­evt. 

  (PYTHIA CMS­Tune), hadronization (cluster vs. Lund)• Large yields. Low­ET uncertainties to be determined.

[inside “extended scaling” region in proton ?]

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33/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Case­study V: Mueller­Navelet dijets in CMS­HF➢  Mueller­Navelet dijets separated by large Δy:     very sensitive to non­DGLAP evolution

➢Proof­of­principle study in CMS: MC­level dijet reconstruction applying   MN kinematics cuts to PYTHIA pp­14 TeV:

jet1

jet2

∆y~10

C.Marquet, Royon, NPB739 (2006)131

suppressed ratio sat./BFKL

increasingrapidity 

pp  √s = 14 TeV

A.H.Mueller, H.Navelet, NPB282 (1987)727

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Case­study V: Mueller­Navelet dijets in CMS­HF➢  Mueller­Navelet dijets separated by large Δy:     very sensitive to non­DGLAP evolution

­ Stats in 1st pp run ℒ ~ 1 pb­1

Dijet rates [ET~20­40 GeV]~104

enough stat. for detailedstudies of ∆y­evolution.­ Redo analysis w/ sat./BFKL predictions & full det. response

η1= ­η2= [4.5­5.]η1= ­η2= [3.­3.5]

jet1

jet2

∆y~10

C.Marquet, Royon, NPB739 (2006)131

suppressed ratio sat./BFKL

increasingrapidity 

pp  √s = 14 TeV

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HF, TOTEM, CASTOR Platforms

CMS: TOTEM­2 and CASTOR (5.2 <| |η < 6.6)

➢ ..

T2 telescope

➢  TOTEM GEM (“Gas Electron Multiplier”)     telescope detector: electron polar angle

CASTOR (W/­Q­fiber calo): electromag. shower identification

CASTOR • Tungsten plates + quartz fibres• Cherenkov sampling calorimeter• Light­guides + APDs readout• Azimuth segmented (8 octants)• EM section: 11.2 cm ~ 19 X0

• HAD+EM sections: 136 cm~ 10 λI

• 192 channels

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Case­study VI: DY in CASTOR­T2 (5.2 <| |η < 6.6)

7<|η|<9 5.5<|η|<7.8

Log10(x)

5.2 < |η| < 6.6

KimberMartinRyskin

➢  Drell­Yan feasibility studies with CMS (CASTOR) + TOTEM (T2):➢  Sensitive to low­x quark densities

T2 tracker+ CASTOR calo needed to deal w/ large QCD (and QED) bckgd.Log10(x)

PDF parametrizations

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37/37ECT* High­energy QCD, 12/01/07                                                                                David d'Enterria (CERN)

Summary➢ Gluon saturation and non­linear evolution must set­in at (some) low­x in                     hadronic wave­functions   → Fundamental info on high­energy limit of QCD➢ Hints in ep­HERA, dA,AA­RHIC: stronger signals expected @ LHC (Qs~5 GeV)

➢ LHC = unique laboratory to study high parton density / evolution in p,Pb down to        x~10­6

  using fwd. detectors and perturbative processes: (di)jets, QQbar, DY...

“We (interested LHC experimentalists) need quantitative predictions to plug into our MC !”

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Backup slides

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 Case­study II: low­x via γ Pb➢ QQbar (and in general, hard) diffractive photoproduction sensitive to             

the gluon density squared in the nucleus:

     Small­x probed in γA collisions at LHC:

➢ Unexplored (x,M2) regime of the nucleus     wave function. Gluon saturation – non­linear     QCD evolution expected ⇒ Suppressed     hard photoproduction.

   y=0 : x(ϒ) = 2·10­3

   y~2 : x(ϒ)~x(y=0)·e­y~10­4

RHIC Fixedtarget


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