Particle rapidity distribution in proton-nucleus collisions using the proton-contributor reference frame

2014/08/14 by G. Martınez García, Gines Martinez-Garcia, Martinez-Garcia, Gines · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1408.3108

Version 1. 4 figures. 14 pages in preprint format

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Abstract

I define the proton-contributor reference frame in proton nucleus (p--A) collisions as the center of mass of the system formed by the proton and the participant nucleons of the nucleus. Assuming that the rapidity distribution of produced particles is symmetric in the proton-contributor reference frame, several measurements in p-Pb collisions at √s_{\rm NN} = 5.02 \rm TeV can be described qualitatively. These include rapidity distributions of charged particles, J/ψ and Z bosons.

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