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Gluon Saturation Effects at the Nuclear Surface: Inelastic Cross Section of Proton-Nucleus at Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray domain
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Gluon Saturation Effects at the Nuclear Surface: Inelastic Cross Section of Proton-Nucleus at Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray domain
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Considering the high-energy limit of the QCD gluon distribution inside a nucleus, we calculate the proton-nucleus total inelastic cross section using a simplified dipole model. We show that, if gluon saturation occurs in the nuclear surface region, the total cross section of proton-nucleus collisions increases more rapidly as a function of the incident energy compared to that of a Glauber-type estimate. We discuss the implications of this with respect to recent ultra-high-energy cosmic ray experiments.
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