Direct photon production at LHCb

dc.contributor.authorGascón Fora, David
dc.contributor.authorGraciani Díaz, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorLHCb Collaboration
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T15:01:36Z
dc.date.available2020-10-05T15:01:36Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-01
dc.date.updated2020-10-05T15:01:36Z
dc.description.abstractAt small Bjorken-x, the large gluon number density in the nucleon leads to gluon recombination competing with gluon splitting, which could result in saturation of the gluon PDF. This gluon saturation has yet to be conclusively observed. Direct photon production provides sensitivity to gluon densities in protons and nuclei, and the forward acceptance of LHCb detector allows for measurements of this process at low Bjorken-x, providing an ideal probe of saturation effects. Progress towards the measurement of forward direct photon production using the LHCb detector is presented.
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.idgrec693922
dc.identifier.issn0375-9474
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/170966
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.10.046
dc.relation.ispartofNuclear Physics A, 2019, vol. 982, p. 251-254
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.10.046
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd (c) Gascón et.al ,2019
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es
dc.sourceArticles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)
dc.subject.classificationGluons
dc.subject.classificationGran Col·lisionador d'Hadrons
dc.subject.classificationIons
dc.subject.otherGluons
dc.subject.otherLarge Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
dc.subject.otherIons
dc.titleDirect photon production at LHCb
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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