Color fluctuation phenomena in γA collisions at the LHC

M. Alvioli, L. Frankfurt, V. Guzey, M. Strikman, M. Zhalov

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Abstract

We explain that color fluctuations (CFs) in the light-cone photon wave function lead to much stronger shadowing in the coherent production both in the soft regime (ρ -meson photoproduction) and in the hard regime (J/ψ photoproduction). We make CF based 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. Our predictions can be tested in proton–nucleus and nucleus–nucleus ultraperipheral collisions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the PHOTON 2017 Conference, PHOTON 2017
EditorsDavid d�Enterria, Albert de Roeck, Michelangelo Mangano
PublisherCERN
Pages195-199
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789290835127
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event2017 PHOTON Conference, PHOTON 2017 - Geneva, Switzerland
Duration: May 22 2017May 26 2017

Publication series

NameCERN-Proceedings
Volume1
ISSN (Print)2078-8835

Conference

Conference2017 PHOTON Conference, PHOTON 2017
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityGeneva
Period5/22/175/26/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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