CGC phenomenology at RHIC and the LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent phenomenological analyses of RHIC data using the Color Glass Condensate framework, focusing on multiplicities and spectra in heavy-ion collisions, and discusses predictions for the LHC.

Contribution

It provides a summary of recent developments in CGC phenomenology applied to RHIC data and extends predictions to LHC energies.

Findings

Agreement of CGC models with RHIC multiplicity data

Successful description of forward spectra in d+Au collisions

Predictions for LHC collision outcomes

Abstract

I present a brief review of the recent phenomenological analyses of RHIC data based on the the Color Glass Condensate, including the use of non-linear evolution equations with running coupling. In particular, I focus in the study of the total multiplicities in Au+Au collisions, and in the single inclusive and double inclusive forward spectra in d+Au collisions. Predictions for the LHC are also discussed.