Probing small-x parton densities in proton- proton (-nucleus) collisions in the very forward direction
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✦ hep-ph
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densitiesprotonacceptanceallowingapplicationscalculationscollisionscross
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We present calculations of several pp scattering cross sections with potential applications at the LHC. Significantly large rates for momentum fraction, x, as low as 10^-7 are obtained, allowing for possible extraction of quark and gluon densities in the proton and nuclei down to these small x values provided a detector with good acceptance at maximal rapidities is used.
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