Mapping color fluctuations in the photon in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
Abstract
Here, we model effects of color fluctuations (CFs) in the light-cone photon wave function and for the first time make predictions for the distribution over the number of wounded nucleons ν in the inelastic photon–nucleus scattering. We show that CFs lead to a dramatic enhancement of this distribution at ν=1 and large ν>10. We also study the implications of different scales and CFs in the photon wave function on the total transverse energy ΣET and other observables in inelastic γA scattering with different triggers. Our predictions can be tested in proton–nucleus and nucleus–nucleus ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC and will help to map CFs, whose first indications have already been observed at the LHC.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1405518
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1358377
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-93ER40771
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physics Letters B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physics Letters B Journal Volume: 767 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Alvioli, M., Frankfurt, L., Guzey, V., Strikman, M., and Zhalov, M. Mapping color fluctuations in the photon in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Netherlands: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.02.034.
Alvioli, M., Frankfurt, L., Guzey, V., Strikman, M., & Zhalov, M. Mapping color fluctuations in the photon in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.02.034
Alvioli, M., Frankfurt, L., Guzey, V., Strikman, M., and Zhalov, M. 2017.
"Mapping color fluctuations in the photon in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.02.034.
@article{osti_1405518,
title = {Mapping color fluctuations in the photon in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider},
author = {Alvioli, M. and Frankfurt, L. and Guzey, V. and Strikman, M. and Zhalov, M.},
abstractNote = {Here, we model effects of color fluctuations (CFs) in the light-cone photon wave function and for the first time make predictions for the distribution over the number of wounded nucleons ν in the inelastic photon–nucleus scattering. We show that CFs lead to a dramatic enhancement of this distribution at ν=1 and large ν>10. We also study the implications of different scales and CFs in the photon wave function on the total transverse energy ΣET and other observables in inelastic γA scattering with different triggers. Our predictions can be tested in proton–nucleus and nucleus–nucleus ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC and will help to map CFs, whose first indications have already been observed at the LHC.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2017.02.034},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1405518},
journal = {Physics Letters B},
issn = {0370-2693},
number = C,
volume = 767,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
Web of Science
Works referencing / citing this record:
Global analysis of color fluctuation effects in proton– and deuteron–nucleus collisions at RHIC and the LHC
journal, October 2018
- Alvioli, M.; Frankfurt, L.; Perepelitsa, D. V.
- Physical Review D, Vol. 98, Issue 7