Prompt photons in heavy ion collisions at the LHC: A ''multi-purpose'' observable

2007/07/16 by François Arleo, Francois Arleo, Arleo, Francois
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0707.2320

2 pages, 2 figures. Presented at the Workshop on Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC: Last Call for Predictions, CERN, 14 May-8 Jun 2007

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Abstract

I emphasize in this contribution how prompt photons can be used to probe nuclear parton densities as well as medium-modified fragmentation functions in heavy ion collisions. Various predictions in p-A and A-A collisions at LHC energies are given.

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