SLIDE 2 Hard probes of p(d)+A
- Hard probes access the partonic structure of the nucleus
- Jets allow us to explore this over a large kinematic range
- Can probe b-dependent nPDFs, initial state energy loss, saturation
phenomena (at very low pT, large y*), etc.
2
Albacete et al., hep-ph/1209.2001 η-dependence of CGC vs. nPDF predictions
2 4 6 8 10 12 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.5 1 1.5 2
IP-Sat (Tribedy & Venugopalan) rcBK (Tribedy & Venugopalan)
RpPb(=0)
ch EPS09 nPDF
pt (GeV/c)
rcBK-MC kt-factorization 2 4 6 8 10 12 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.5 1 1.5 2
RpPb(=4)
rcBK-MC, min bias rcBK-MC, LO+inelastic term =0.1
pt (GeV/c)
rcBK-MC, Npart >10 ch cme= 5 TeV EPS09 nPDF
η>0 is proton-going
2 4 6 8 10 12 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.5 1 1.5 2
RpPb(=2)
ch rcBK-MC, hyb LO+inel. term =0.1
pt (GeV/c)
rcBK-MC, hybrid LO rcBK-MC, kt-factorization EPS09 nPDF 2 4 6 8 10 12 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.5 1 1.5 2
RpPb(=6)
rcBK-MC, min bias rcBK-MC, LO+inelastic term =0.1
pt (GeV/c)
rcBK-MC, Npart >10 ch cme= 5 TeV EPS09 nPDF
x
10
10
10
10
10 1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 EPS09 HKN nDS
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2
=100 GeV
2
(x,Q
Pb g
R
FGS10
Salgado et al., hep-ph/1105.3919 current best knowledge of nPDFs