10/29/00
R. Seto
Faking up the saturation
nModel a gluon distribution
nFor proton use GRV94.
nFor Nucleus start with GRV94. For x2<10-2 flatten gluon distribution.
nNote: the Nucleus side was modeled as a neutron
nIn the exp’t, compare pp, pd, pA.
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nx1, x2 – fraction of nucleon momentum carried by parton
nX2 Refers to Nucleus
nLow x2 will be at high y
Log(x)
Q2=10
Q2=3
“Flattened”Gluon Distribution
xG(x)
x2
x1
+y