44 research outputs found
Probing superfast quarks in nuclei through dijet production at the LHC
We investigate dijet production from proton-nucleus collisions at the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) as a means for observing superfast quarks in nuclei with
Bjorken . Kinematically, superfast quarks can be identified through
directly measurable jet kinematics. Dynamically, their description requires
understanding several elusive properties of nuclear QCD, such as nuclear forces
at very short distances, as well as medium modification of parton distributions
in nuclei. In the present work, we develop a model for nuclear parton
distributions at large in which the nuclear dynamics at short distance
scales are described by two- and three-nucleon short range correlations (SRCs).
Nuclear modifications are accounted for using the color screening model, and an
improved description of the EMC effect is reached by using a structure function
parametrization that includes higher-twist contributions. We apply QCD
evolution at the leading order to obtain nuclear parton distributions in the
kinematic regime of the LHC, and based on the obtained distributions calculate
the cross section for dijet production. We find not only that superfast quarks
can be observed at the LHC, but also that they provide sensitivity to the
practically unexplored three-nucleon SRCs in nuclei. Additionally, the LHC can
extend our knowledge of the EMC effect to large where higher-twist
effects are negligible.Comment: 44 pages, 17 figures, final version to be published in EJP
Diffractive Phenomena and Shadowing in Deep-Inelastic Scattering
Shadowing effects in deep-inelastic lepton-nucleus scattering probe the mass
spectrum of diffractive leptoproduction from individual nucleons. We explore
this relationship using current experimental information on both processes. In
recent data from the NMC and E665 collaboration, taken at small x << 0.1 and
Q^2 < 1 GeV^2, shadowing is dominated by the diffractive excitation and
coherent interaction of low mass vector mesons. If shadowing is explored at
small x > 1 GeV^2 as discussed at HERA, the situation is
different. Here dominant contributions come from the coherent interaction of
diffractively produced heavy mass states. Furthermore we observe that the
energy dependence of shadowing is directly related to the mass dependence of
the diffractive production cross section for free nucleon targets.Comment: 12 pages Latex, 8 figure
Light-Cone Quantization and Hadron Structure
In this talk, I review the use of the light-cone Fock expansion as a
tractable and consistent description of relativistic many-body systems and
bound states in quantum field theory and as a frame-independent representation
of the physics of the QCD parton model. Nonperturbative methods for computing
the spectrum and LC wavefunctions are briefly discussed. The light-cone Fock
state representation of hadrons also describes quantum fluctuations containing
intrinsic gluons, strangeness, and charm, and, in the case of nuclei, "hidden
color". Fock state components of hadrons with small transverse size, such as
those which dominate hard exclusive reactions, have small color dipole moments
and thus diminished hadronic interactions; i.e., "color transparency". The use
of light-cone Fock methods to compute loop amplitudes is illustrated by the
example of the electron anomalous moment in QED. In other applications, such as
the computation of the axial, magnetic, and quadrupole moments of light nuclei,
the QCD relativistic Fock state description provides new insights which go well
beyond the usual assumptions of traditional hadronic and nuclear physics.Comment: LaTex 36 pages, 3 figures. To obtain a copy, send e-mail to
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Asymptotic Energy Dependence of Hadronic Total Cross Sections from Lattice QCD
The nonperturbative approach to soft high-energy hadron-hadron scattering,
based on the analytic continuation of Wilson-loop correlation functions from
Euclidean to Minkowskian theory, allows to investigate the asymptotic energy
dependence of hadron-hadron total cross sections in lattice QCD. In this paper
we will show, using best fits of the lattice data with proper functional forms
satisfying unitarity and other physical constraints, how indications emerge in
favor of a universal asymptotic high-energy behavior of the kind B log^2 s for
hadronic total cross sections.Comment: Revised and extended version; 29 pages, 4 figure
Rapidity gaps and production of minijets in high-energy hadronic collisions
High energy hadronic interactions can produce a final state characterized by
minijets separated by a large gap in the rapidity distribution of the produced
secondary particles. We discuss the process by keeping into account the
possibility of having multiple parton collisions in the hadronic interaction.
At Tevatron energy the correction to the single scattering term induced by the
presence of multiparton interactions is large for transverse momenta smaller
than 6 GeV.Comment: 29 pages, TeX file, 2 figures which are now include
The Spin Structure of the Nucleon
We present an overview of recent experimental and theoretical advances in our
understanding of the spin structure of protons and neutrons.Comment: 84 pages, 29 figure
Nuclear effects on the transverse momentum spectra of charged particles in pPb collisions at âSNN = 5.02 TeV
Transverse momentum spectra of charged particles are measured by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in pPb collisions at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text], in the range [Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and pseudorapidity [Formula: see text] in the proton-nucleon center-of-mass frame. For [Formula: see text][Formula: see text], the charged-particle production is asymmetric about [Formula: see text], with smaller yield observed in the direction of the proton beam, qualitatively consistent with expectations from shadowing in nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDF). A pp reference spectrum at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text] is obtained by interpolation from previous measurements at higher and lower center-of-mass energies. The [Formula: see text] distribution measured in pPb collisions shows an enhancement of charged particles with [Formula: see text][Formula: see text] compared to expectations from the pp reference. The enhancement is larger than predicted by perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations that include antishadowing modifications of nPDFs