Pseudo-rapidity distributions of charged hadrons in pp and pA collisions at the LHC

Abstract

In the framework of Color Glass Condensate, the pseudo-rapidity distributions of charged hadrons in pp and pA collisions at the LHC are studied with the UGD function from the GBW model. With a χ 2 analysis of the CMS data in pp collisions at √ s = 0.9, 2.36, 7 TeV, the normalization factor is obtained and the theoretical results are in good agreement with the experimental data. Then, considering the influence of nucleon hard partons distribution on the number of participants in pA collisions by a Glauber Monte Carlo method, we give the predictive results for the multiplicity distributions in p + P b collisions at √ s = 4.4 TeV.