Monday, November 12, 2012

1211.2130 (Ilkka Helenius et al.)

EPS09s and EKS98s: Impact parameter dependent nPDF sets    [PDF]

Ilkka Helenius, Kari J. Eskola, Heli Honkanen, Carlos A. Salgado
In our recent study we have determined two new spatially dependent nuclear PDF (nPDF) sets, EPS09s and EKS98s. With these, the hard-process cross-sections can be calculated in different centrality classes consistently with the globally analyzed nPDFs for the first time. The sets were determined by exploiting the $A$-systematics of the globally fitted nPDF sets, EPS09 and EKS98. For the spatial dependence of the nPDFs we used a power series ansatz in the nuclear thickness function $T_A$. In this flash talk we introduce the framework, and present our NLO EPS09s-based predictions for the nuclear modification factor in four centrality classes for inclusive neutral pion production in p+Pb collisions at the LHC and for inclusive prompt photon production in d+Au collisions at RHIC at midrapidity.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.2130

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