arXiv:0804.4232·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Electromagnetic and strong contributions to dAu soft coherent inelastic diffraction at RHIC
V. Guzey (Jefferson Lab)🇺🇸 · M. Strikman (Penn State U.)🇺🇸
Abstract
We estimate electromagnetic (ultra-peripheral) and strong contributions to dAu soft coherent inelastic diffraction at RHIC, dAu \to X Au. We show that the electromagnetic contribution is the dominant one and that the corresponding cross section is sizable, \sigma^{dAu \to XAu}_{\rm e.m.}=214 mb, which constitutes 10% of the total dAu inelastic cross section.
Comments: 8 pages, 2 figures