Jets and produced particles in pp collisions from SPS to RHIC energies fornuclear applications

Citation
Gg. Barnafoldi et al., Jets and produced particles in pp collisions from SPS to RHIC energies fornuclear applications, J PHYS G-NU, 27(8), 2001, pp. 1767-1774
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
09543899 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1767 - 1774
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-3899(200108)27:8<1767:JAPPIP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Higher-order perturbative QCD corrections play an important role in the rep roduction of data at high transverse momenta in the energy range 20 GeV les s than or equal to roots less than or equal to 200 GeV. Recent calculations of photon and pion production in pp collisions yield detailed information on the next-to-leading-order (NLO) contributions. However, the application of these results in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions is not st raightforward. The study of nuclear effects requires a simplified understan ding of the output of these computations. Here we summarize our analysis of recent calculations, aimed at handling the NLO results by introducing proc ess and energy-dependent K factors.