[NT/RIKEN seminar] Toward a unified description of both low and high $p_t$ particle production in high energy collisions
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CFNS seminar room 2-38
Bldg. 510A
Inclusive particle production at high p_t is successfully
described by perturbative QCD using collinear factorization formalism
with DGLAP evolution of the parton distribution functions. This
formalism breaks down at small Bjorken x (high energy) due to high gluon
density (gluon saturation) effects. The Color Glass Condensate (CGC)
formalism is an effective action approach to particle production at
small Bjorken x (low p_t) which includes gluon saturation. The CGC
formalism nevertheless breaks down at intermediate/large Bjorken x,
corresponding to the high p_t kinematic region in high energy
collisions. Here we describe the first steps taken towards the
derivation of a new formalism, with the ultimate goal of having a
unified formalism for particle production at both low and high p_t in
high energy hadronic/heavy ion collisions.