Parton saturation, production, and equilibration in high energy nuclear collisions
Raju Venugopalan (BNL)
TL;DR
This paper explores how parton saturation, studied through deep inelastic scattering, influences particle production and equilibration in high energy nuclear collisions, shedding light on fundamental QCD phenomena.
Contribution
It links parton saturation observed at HERA to particle production and equilibration processes in nuclear collisions, providing insights into QCD at high energies.
Findings
Parton saturation impacts particle production mechanisms.
Saturation phenomena influence equilibration in nuclear collisions.
Deep inelastic scattering can reveal saturation effects.
Abstract
Deeply inelastic scattering of electrons off nuclei can determine whether parton distributions saturate at HERA energies. If so, this phenomenon will also tell us a great deal about how particles are produced, and whether they equilibrate, in high energy nuclear collisions.
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Taxonomy
TopicsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions