Wee partons in large nuclei: from virtual dream to hard reality

Raju Venugopalan

doi:10.1016/0375-9474(95)00233-Q

Wee partons in large nuclei: from virtual dream to hard reality

Raju Venugopalan

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We construct a weak coupling, many body theory to compute parton distributions in large nuclei for x ≪ A^{-1 3}. The wee partons are highly coherent, non-Abelian Weizsäcker-Williams fields. Radiative corrections to the classical results are discussed. The parton distributions for a single nucleus provide the initial conditions for the dynamical evolution of matter formed in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-162
Number of pages	16
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section A
Volume	590
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(95)00233-Q
State	Published - Jul 24 1995

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