Published November 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Diffractive dissociation in proton-nucleus collisions at collider energies

  • 1. GFPAE IF-UFRGS, High Energy Physics Phenomenology Group, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Description

The cross section for the nuclear diffractive dissociation in proton-lead collisions at the LHC is estimated. Based on the current theoretical uncertainties for the single (target) diffactive cross section in hadron-hadron reactions one obtains σpA→pXSD (√(s) = 5.02 TeV) = 19.67 ± 5.41 mb and σpA→pXSD (√(s) = 8.8 TeV) = 18.76 ± 5.77 mb, respectively. The invariant mass MX for the reaction pPb → pX is also analyzed. Discussion is performed on the main theoretical uncertainties associated to the calculations. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14166-x

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1-4
ISSN
1434-6001