MULTIPLICITIES FOR LHC NUCLEAR COLLISIONS USING HERA STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS

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作者
ESKOLA, KJ [1 ]
KAJANTIE, K [1 ]
RUUSKANEN, PV [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HELSINKI,THEORET PHYS RES INST,SF-00014 HELSINKI,FINLAND
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)90878-8
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We compute in QCD perturbation theory the transverse energy carried by gluons, quarks and antiquarks with P(T) greater-than-or-equal-to P0 almost-equal-to 2 GeV in Pb+Pb collisions at square-root s = 5500A GeV by using structure functions compatible with the small-x increase observed at HERA. This gives a perturbative estimate for the energy and entropy density of the bulk system at times tau approximately 0.1 fm. The predicted initial gluon entropy density gives a lower limit of about 2200... 3400 for the final charged multiplicity. Sources of further entropy increase are discussed.
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