Nuclear Heavy Quark Photoproduction in a Saturation Model

Abstract

We calculate the nuclear inclusive and diffractive cross sections for heavy quark photoproduction within a phenomenological saturation approach. The nuclear cross section is obtained by the extension of the saturation model through Glauber-Gribov formalism. We predict large nuclear heavy quark cross section at LHC energies.

14 pages, 6 figures. Version to be published in Eur. Phys. J. C

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