Production of Secondaries in High Energy d+Au Collisions

TL;DR

This paper models secondary particle production in d+Au collisions across different energies using the Quark-Gluon String Model, aligning with data at intermediate energies and predicting effects at higher energies like RHIC and LHC.

Contribution

It introduces inelastic screening corrections (percolation effects) into the model and provides predictions for future high-energy collisions at LHC.

Findings

Model agrees with data at intermediate energies

Inelastic screening effects are significant at RHIC energies

Predictions for p+Au collisions at LHC energy

Abstract

In the framework of Quark-Gluon String Model we calculate the inclusive spectra of secondaries produced in d+Au collisions at intermediate (CERN SPS) and at much higher (RHIC) energies. The results of numerical calculations at intermediate energies are in reasonable agreement with the data. At RHIC energies numerically large inelastic screening corrections (percolation effects) should be accounted for in calculations. We extract these effects from the existing RHIC experimental data on minimum bias and central d+Au collisions. The predictions for p+Au interactions at LHC energy are also given.