2002/03/14 by Adrian Dumitru, Dumitru, Adrian
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0203035
5 pages, 2 figures; Invited Talk at the 18th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jan. 20-27, 2002, Nassau, Bahamas
arxiv created 2002/03/14 · openalex publication_date 2002/03/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Heavy-ion collisions at the BNL-RHIC collider can probe whether gluon saturation effects in nuclei at small x have set in, or whether leading-twist perturbative estimates of particle production are still applicable. I discuss that soon to come data from pA collisions at RHIC may provide more systematic insight into this problem than present data on the energy and centrality dependence of hadron production from Au+Au collisions. Results from pA collisions at RHIC could also help to understand some controversial and puzzling results from ion-ion collisions, for example the large azimuthal asymmetry at high pt, as measured by the STAR collaboration.