Published March 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Small-x physics with CMS at LHC

  • 1. University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL 60607-7059 (United States)

Description

We present the capabilities of the CMS experiment at the LHC to study small-x physics. The LHC is designed to provide p + p, p + A and A + A collisions at maximal √(sNN)=14, 8.8 and 5.5 TeV respectively with peak luminosities of 1034, 1029 and 5.1026 cm-2s-1. Such large energies and luminosities will allow detailed QCD studies at previously unexplored low-x values using different probes including jets, quarkonia, and heavy quarks. In this document, we concentrate on five observables which are sensitive to parton saturation effects and are measurable in CMS in both p + p (forward jets, Mueller-Navelet dijets, energy flow) and Pb + Pb (charged hadron rapidity density, ultra-peripheral photoproduction of Y) collisions. Also, the first experimental results from 0.9, 2.36 and 7 TeV p + p collisions at LHC are presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.10.005

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.10.005;
PII
S0375-9474(10)00710-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
854
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 222-229
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
What have we learned from RHIC?
Acronym
Workshop on saturation, the color glass condensate and the glasma
Dates
10-12 May 2010
Place
Upton, NY (United States)

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