CGC predictions for p+Pb collisions at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper predicts particle multiplicities and production rates in proton-lead collisions at the LHC using the Color Glass Condensate framework, specifically solutions of the running coupling BK equation, with a Monte Carlo approach to nuclear geometry.

Contribution

It introduces predictions for p+Pb collisions at the LHC based on the running coupling BK equation and combines $k_t$-factorization and hybrid formalisms for different rapidity regions.

Findings

Predicted total multiplicities and particle production rates at the LHC.

Validated the use of running coupling BK solutions with e+p data.

Applied Monte Carlo methods for nuclear geometry modeling.

Abstract

We present predictions for total multiplicities and single inclusive particle production in proton-lead collisions at the LHC. The main dynamical input in our calculations is the use of solutions of the running coupling BK equation tested in e+p data. We use a Monte-Carlo treatment of the nuclear geometry and either $k_t$-factorization or the hybrid formalisms to describe particle production in the central and forward rapidity regions, respectively.