Exclusive J/ψ production in ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC: Constraints on the gluon distributions in the proton and nuclei

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Guzey, V ^a   Zhalov, M ^a  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heavy ion phenomenology; QCD phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892383713     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2013)207     Document Type: Article

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