Geometric Scaling at RHIC and LHC

Abstract

We demonstrate that the RHIC data for hadron production in d-Au collisions for all available rapidities are compatible with geometric scaling. In order to establish the presence of scaling violations expected from small-x evolution a much larger range in transverse momentum and rapidity needs to be probed. We show that the fall-off of the transverse momentum distribution of produced hadrons at LHC is a sensitive probe of small-x evolution.

4 pages, 3 eps figures, uses espcrc2, contributed to proceedings of 14th International QCD Conference (QCD08), July 7-12, 2008, Montpellier

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