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Constraining the nuclear gluon distribution in eA processes at RHIC
Fecha
2008Registro en:
PHYSICS LETTERS B, v.669, n.5, p.331-336, 2008
0370-2693
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.09.064
Autor
Cazaroto, Erike Roberto
Carvalho, Fabiana
Gonçalves, Victor Paulo Barros
Navarra, Fernando Silveira
Institución
Resumen
A systematic determination of the gluon distribution is of fundamental interest in understanding the parton structure Of nuclei and the QCD dynamics. Currently, the behavior of this distribution at small x (high energy) is completely undefined. In this Letter we analyze the possibility of constraining the nuclear effects present in Xg(A) using the inclusive observables which would be measured in the future electron-nucleus collider at RHIC. We demonstrate that the Study of nuclear longitudinal and charm structure functions allows to estimate the magnitude of shadowing and antishadowing effects in the nuclear gluon distribution. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.