Parton densities and dipole cross-sections at small x in large nuclei

Citation
N. Armesto et Ma. Braun, Parton densities and dipole cross-sections at small x in large nuclei, EUR PHY J C, 20(3), 2001, pp. 517-522
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
ISSN journal
14346044 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
517 - 522
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6044(200105)20:3<517:PDADCA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Unintegrated gluon densities in nuclei, dipole-nucleus cross-sections and q uark densities are numerically investigated in the high-color limit, with t he scattering on a heavy nucleus exactly described by the sum of fan diagra ms of BFKL pornerons. The initial condition for the evolution in rapidity i s quickly forgotten, arid the gluon density presents a "supersaturation" pa ttern. as previous studies indicated. Both dipole-nucleus cross-sections an d quark densities present the expected saturation features. Identifying the position in transverse momentum l of the maximum of the gluon distribution with the saturation momentum Q(s)(y, b), at large rapidities all distribut ions depend on only one variable, l/Q(s)(y, b) or rQ(s)(y, b).