Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1853861 | Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics | 2014 | 42 Pages |
Abstract
We present an overview of theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of gluon saturation in high energy scattering in Quantum Chromo Dynamics. Then we review the state-of-the-art of saturation-based phenomenological approaches to the study and characterization of the initial state of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions performed at RHIC and the LHC. Our review focuses mostly in the Color Glass Condensate effective theory, although we shall also discuss other approaches in parallel.
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Authors
J.L. Albacete, C. Marquet,