Review of Forward Physics at RHIC
arXiv:nucl-ex/0609029 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.11.135
Abstract
The RHIC high energy collision of species ranging from p+p, p(d)+A to A+A provide access to the {small-x} component of the hadron wave function. The RHIC program has brought renewed interest in that subject with its ability to reach values of the parton momentum fraction smaller than 0.01 with studies of particle production at high rapidity. Furthermore, the use of heavy nuclei in the p(d)+A collisions facilitates the study of saturation effects in the gluonic component of the nuclei because the appropriate scale for that regime grows as A^1/3. We review the experimental results of the RHIC program that have relevance to {small-x} emphasizing the physics extracted from d+Au collisions and their comparison to p+p collisions at the same energy.
Invited talk presented at the International Conference on Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM 2006), Upton, New York, 10-13 May 2006
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