Transverse energy-energy correlators at small x for photon-hadron production

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We study the transverse energy-energy correlator (TEEC) observable in photon-hadron and photon-jet production in p + p and p + A collisions at small x . We derive the relevant expressions in the high-energy limit of the scattering where the dipole picture is applicable and show how the dependence on the fragmentation function of the hadron cancels due to the momentum-sum rule. The nonperturbative scattering with the target nucleus is expressed in terms of the dipole amplitude, which also describes nonlinear gluon saturation effects. The TEEC observable is computed in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC) kinematics, and we show that it can be sensitive to the dipole amplitude, making it a potentially good observable for studying saturation effects.
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  • National Science Foundation (PHY-2515057)
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Office of Science
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Xunta de Galicia (2023/10)
  • European Commission
  • European Research Council (ERC-2018-ADG-835105 YoctoLHC)
  • Spanish Research State Agency (PID2020–119632 GB-I00)
  • María de Maeztu excellence (CEX2023-001318-M)

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