Melting the Color Glass Condensate at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper predicts charged particle multiplicities and heavy flavor production at the LHC using the Color Glass Condensate framework, providing insights into high-energy nuclear collisions.

Contribution

It applies the CGC framework to make specific predictions for LHC collision outcomes, advancing understanding of high-energy QCD phenomena.

Findings

Predicted charged particle multiplicities in AA collisions.

Estimated heavy flavor production rates in pA collisions.

Demonstrated the applicability of CGC at LHC energies.

Abstract

The charged particle multiplicity in central AA collisions and the production of heavy flavors in pA collisions at the LHC is predicted in the CGC framework.