Conveners
Hard probes in pO and OO
- Michael Klasen
Hard probes in pO and OO
- Isobel Kolbe (Institute for Nuclear Theory)
The global analyses of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) are going through a phase of rapid development, driven mainly by new constraints from the CERN LHC proton–lead program, and attracting also new groups to join the field. In this talk, I will review the current status of nPDF global analyses. I will concentrate on the opportunities with lighter-ion runs at the LHC and in...
Results on pA collisions have demonstrated the potential of light systems in achieving the most surprising discoveries. The presence of fluid-like behaviour and their implications motivate further the determination of the necessary conditions that mark the onset of the QGP phase. Intermediate systems, like pO and OO, will be invaluable to a successful unified particle production description...
Under the assumption that a quark-gluon plasma droplet is produced and its evolution can be described by hydrodynamics in p + A collisions, $\gamma$-triggered hadron spectra \cite{Wang:1996yh, Zhang:2009rn} are studied within a next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD parton model with the medium-modified parton fragmentation functions. The initial conditions and space-time evolution of the...
