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Effect of parton shadowing on the distributions of global observables

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The effect of parton shadowing on the distributions of global observables (total transverse energy E T and charged-particle multiplicity n ch) is investigated on the basis of the HIJING model of nucleus-nucleus interactions. It is shown that, for the interaction of lead nuclei at \(\sqrt s = 5\) TeV per nucleon, the shadowing effect results in a considerable reduction of the cross section for (mini)jet production (approximately by a factor of 4); this in turn reduces the total transverse energy and the charged-particle multiplicity by a factor of 2.7. Upon taking into account the QCD evolution of nuclear structure functions in Q 2, the shadowing effect becomes less pronounced (by a factor of 1.9 for PbPb interactions). It is shown that global observables can be used to test models of parton shadowing.

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    P. I. Zarubin, M. V. Savina & S. V. Shmatov

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Translated from Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 64, No. 11, 2001, pp. 2124–2129.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by Zarubin, Savina, Shmatov.

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Zarubin, P.I., Savina, M.V. & Shmatov, S.V. Effect of parton shadowing on the distributions of global observables. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 64, 2037–2042 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1423754

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