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Gluon saturation and initial conditions for relativistic heavy ion collisions

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We present an overview of theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of gluon saturation in high energy scattering in Quantum Chromo Dynamics. Then we review the state-of-the-art of saturation-based phenomenological approaches to the study and characterisation of the initial state of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions performed at RHIC and the LHC. Our review focuses mostly in the Color Glass Condensate effective theory, although we shall also discuss other approaches in parallel.

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Light-front Hamiltonian jet evolution in the Glasma

hep-ph · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A light-front Hamiltonian method evolves a quark through Glasma fields to obtain transverse momentum broadening and jet quenching consistent with classical scaling in saturation momentum.

Kinetic and canonical momentum broadening in the Glasma

hep-ph · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Derives gauge-invariant equations of motion for kinetic and canonical momentum of particles in a classical non-Abelian background, finding that transverse fields contribute to kinetic momentum broadening even in the eikonal limit, and shows that an initial transverse Coulomb gauge reduces numerical

On the Two $R$-Factors in the Small-$x$ Shockwave Formalism

hep-ph · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Replacing the rapidity argument of the dipole amplitude with ln min{1/|x|, 1/|ξ|} and refining initial conditions for non-linear evolution can eliminate two R-factors in small-x shockwave calculations.

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  • Light-front Hamiltonian jet evolution in the Glasma hep-ph · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 28

    A light-front Hamiltonian method evolves a quark through Glasma fields to obtain transverse momentum broadening and jet quenching consistent with classical scaling in saturation momentum.

  • Kinetic and canonical momentum broadening in the Glasma hep-ph · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · none · ref 14

    Derives gauge-invariant equations of motion for kinetic and canonical momentum of particles in a classical non-Abelian background, finding that transverse fields contribute to kinetic momentum broadening even in the eikonal limit, and shows that an initial transverse Coulomb gauge reduces numerical

  • On the Two $R$-Factors in the Small-$x$ Shockwave Formalism hep-ph · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 53

    Replacing the rapidity argument of the dipole amplitude with ln min{1/|x|, 1/|ξ|} and refining initial conditions for non-linear evolution can eliminate two R-factors in small-x shockwave calculations.

  • Forward hadron production in pp collisions at LHC energies from an event generator based on the color glass condensate framework hep-ph · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 18 · internal anchor

    MC-CGC simulations with rcBK evolution favor HERA-tuned MV^γ and MV^e initial conditions for LHCb forward hadron data, show kT factorization outperforming DHJ at mid-rapidity, and provide predictions for ALICE FoCal neutral mesons and jets.