CFNS Seminar
"Probing gluon saturation at the EIC"
Presented by Heikki Mäntysaari, University of Jyväskylä
Thursday, February 1, 2018, 4 pm
Small Seminar Room, Bldg. 510
Hosted by: Andrey Tarasov and Maria Zurita
We discuss how Electron Ion Collider measurements can be used to look for qualitative signals of the saturation phenomena. As an example, we study the scaling laws for exclusive vector meson production which is especially sensitive for the small-x gluons. We show that in the saturation framework we expect in general to see a significant change in the scaling exponents, given that we have large enough Q^2 lever arm that we can scan both the saturated and dilute regions. As a part of this study, the benefit of having also a large range of nuclear targets is emphasised. In addition to qualitative features, we discuss recent progress of developing the theory beyond leading order accuracy.