声明
摘要
Abstract
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Theoretical framework
2.1 Quark parton model and DIS
2.2 Quantum chromodynamics
2.2.1 Asymptotic freedom and confinement
2.2.2 Factorization
2.3 DIS in QCD framework
2.3.1 DGLAP evolution equations
2.3.2 Evolution at small x
CHAPTER 3 Gluon saturation
3.1 Saturation scale
3.2 Color glass condensate
3.3 Saturation studies to be performed at an EIC
3.3.1 Longitudinal structure function
3.3.2 Diffractive scattering
3.3.3 Dihadron correlations
CHAPTER 4 Possible realizations of an EIC
4.1 The designing requirements for a future EIC
4.2 The eRHIC design possibilities
4.2.1 The eRHIC collider parameters
4.2.2 An eRHIC model detector
4.2.3 eSTAR and ePHENIX
CHAPTER 5 Monte Carlo simulation method
5.1 The Monte Carlo event generator for e+P
5.2 The Monte Carlo generator for e+A
5.2.1 Nuclear parton distribution function
5.2.2 Parton energy loss in the cold nuclear medium
5.3 EIC fast smearing package
CHAPTER 6 Dihadron correlations at eRHIC
6.1 Dihadron correlations in the saturation formalism
6.2 Dihadron correlations in the non-saturation model
6.3 Analysis method
6.4 Kinematics reconstruction and event selection
6.5 Monte Carlo results and uncertainties
6.6 Summary
CHAPTER 7 Determination of collision geometry in eA
7.1 Characterization method of collision geometry
7.2 Collision geometry categorization
7.2.1 Geometry constraint with forward neutrons
7.2.2 Possible constraint on the most central collisions with a double cut method
7.3 Applications of collision geometry constraint at an EIC
7.3.1 Energy loss measurement in the cold nuclear medium
7.3.2 Dihadron correlation measurements to probe gluon saturation
7.4 Summary
CHAPTER 8 Summary and outlook
References
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