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Multiplicities for LHC Nuclear Collisions Using HERA Structure Functions

K. J. Eskola, K. Kajantie, P. V. Ruuskanen

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9404237

Abstract

We compute in QCD perturbation theory the transverse energy carried by gluons, quarks and antiquarks with pT p0≈ 2 GeV in Pb+Pb collisions at s=5500 AGeV by using structure functions compatible with the small-x increase observed at HERA. This gives a perturbative estimate for the energy and entropy density of the bulk system at times τ 0.1 fm. The predicted initial gluon entropy density gives a lower limit of about 2200...3400 for the final charged multiplicity. Sources of further entropy increase are discussed.

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