Probing gluon nuclear PDF with direct photon production in association\n with a heavy quark

2011/07/15 by K. Kovařı́k, Kovarik, K., T. Stavreva +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Statistical Methods and Inference

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1107.3030

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Abstract

We investigate a possible use of direct photon production in association with\na heavy quark in pA collisions at the large hadron collider to constrain the\nnuclear gluon parton distribution function. This process is sensitive to both,\nthe nuclear heavy quark and gluon parton distribution functions and is a very\npromising candidate to help determine the gluon nuclear PDF which is still\nlargely untested.\n

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