Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-07-21
Phys.Rev.D74:094010,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
15 pages, 6 figures. Version published in the Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.094010
The dilepton production at backward rapidities in $pAu$ and $pp$ collisions at RHIC and LHC energies is investigated in the dipole approach. The results are shown through the nuclear modification ratio $R_{pA}$ considering transverse momentum and rapidity spectra. The dilepton modification ratio presents interesting behavior at the backward rapidities when compared with the already known forward ones, since it is related with the large $x$ kinematical region that is being probed. The rapidity dependence of the nuclear modification ratio in the dilepton production is strongly dependent on the Bjorken $x$ behavior of the nuclear structure function ratio $R_{F_{2}}=F_{2}^{A}/F_{2}^{p}$. The $R_{pA}$ transverse momentum dependence at backward rapidities is modified due to the large $x$ nuclear effects: at RHIC energies, for instance, the ratio $R_{pA}$ is reduced as $p_T$ increases, presenting an opposite behavior when compared with the forward one. It implies that the dilepton production at backward rapidities should carry information of the nuclear effects at large Bjorken $x$, as well as that it is useful to investigate the $p_T$ dependence of the observables in this kinematical regime.
Betemps M. A.
CAVG/UFPel
da Graca UFRGS 2 Conjunto Agrotecnico Visconde
de Oliveira E. G.
Gay Ducati M. B.
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