175 research outputs found
Screening and Anti-Screening Effects in J/psi Production on Nuclei
The nuclear effects in J/psi hadro- and electroproduction on nuclei are
considered in framework of reggeon approach. It is shown that screening regime
which holds for electroproduction at x_F > 0.7 and for hadroproduction at x_F >
-(0.3-0.4) is changed with anti-screening regime for smaller x_F values.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures. Small changes in wordin
Unitarity of the tree approximation to the Glauber AA amplitude for large A
The nucleus-nucleus Glauber amplitude in the tree approximation is studied
for heavy participant nuclei. It is shown that, contrary to previous published
results, it is not unitary for realistic values of nucleon-nucleon
cross-sections.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Submitted to Yad. Fi
Enabling comparison of UrQMD with Geant4 hadronic models
Geant4 has an abundant set of physics models that handle the diverse
interaction of particles with matter across a wide energy range. However, there
are also many well established reaction codes currently used in the same fields
where Geant4 is applied. One such code is the Ultra-relativistic Quantum
Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model. In order to take advantage of the UrQMD code,
we create a tool to enable comparisons among UrQMD and Geant4 hadronic models.
This tool allows a user to process the output file of UrQMD through Geant4
toolkit, while at the same time, can choose among different Geant4 hadronic
model generators. As an example, the UrQMD model is compared with the HARP-CDP
experimental data and with the Binary and FRITIOF generators, in the framework
of Geant4. It is shown that the UrQMD model can better reproduce charged pion
production for p+Cu and Pb interactions at 3, 8 and 15 GeV/c, and is a good
candidate for Geant4 hadronic models.Comment: 17 pages, 5 Figure
Towards Extraction of and cross-sections from Charge Exchange Processes at the LHC
We study the possibilities to analyse the data on leading neutrons production
at first LHC runs. These data could be used to extract from it and
cross-sections. In this note we estimate relative contributions of
, and reggeons to charge exchanges and discuss related
problems of measurements.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, to be publishe
Fluctuations of the number of participants and binary collisions in AA interactions at fixed centrality in the Glauber approach
In the framework of the classical Glauber approach, the analytical
expressions for the variance of the number of wounded nucleons and binary
collisions in AA interactions at a given centrality are presented. Along with
the optical approximation term, they contain additional contact terms arising
only in the case of nucleus-nucleus collisions. The magnitude of the additional
contributions, e.g., for PbPb collisions at SPS energies, is larger than the
contribution of the optical approximation at some values of the impact
parameter. The sum of the additional contributions is in good agreement with
the results of independent Monte Carlo simulations of this process. Due to
these additional terms, the variance of the total number of participants for
peripheral PbPb collisions and the variance of the number of collisions at all
values of the impact parameter exceed several multiples of the Poisson
variances. The correlator between the numbers of participants in colliding
nuclei at fixed centrality is also analytically calculated.Comment: updated version; as published by Phys. Rev.
Exclusive and semi-inclusive strangeness and charm production in and reactions
Using the Quark-Gluon Strings Model (QGSM) combined with Regge phenomenology
we consider the reactions and which are dominated by the contributions of the and
Regge trajectories, respectively. The spin structure of the amplitudes is
described by introducing Reggeized Born terms. It is found that the existing
data for the reaction are in reasonable agreement
with the model predictions. To describe the absolute values of the cross
sections it is necessary to introduce also suppression factors which can be
related to absorption corrections. Furthermore, assuming the SU(4) symmetry to
hold for Regge residues and the universality of absorption corrections we
calculate the cross section of the reaction .
Employing the latter results from reactions we then estimate the
contributions of the pion exchange mechanism to the cross sections of the
reactions and and compare them
with the contributions of the and exchanges. We find that the
reactions are dominated not by pion exchange but by and exchanges,
respectively. Moreover, assuming the SU(4) symmetry to hold approximately for
the coupling constants = we analyze also
the production of leading hyperons in the reaction . It is shown that the non-perturbative mechanism should give an
essential contribution to the yield for .Comment: 3 pages, LaTeX, 4 postscript figures; contribution to QNP2002,
Juelich, June 10-14, 200
Elastic and scattering at LHC
We discuss the possibility of measuring leading neutron production at the
LHC. These data could be used to extract from it and
cross-sections. In this note we give some estimates for the case of elastic
cross-sections and discuss related problems and prospects.Comment: 26 pages, 25 figures, to be published, minor text correction
Forward production of beauty baryons in pp collisions at LHC
The production of charmed and beauty baryons in proton-proton collisions at
high energies is analyzed within the modified quark-gluon string model. We
present some predictions for the experiments on the forward beauty baryon
production in pp collisions at LHC energies. This analysis allows us to find
useful information on the Regge trajectories of the heavy (b barb) mesons and
the sea beauty quark distributions in the proton.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figure
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