TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alvioli, Massimiliano
A1  - Drescher, Hans-Joachim
A1  - Strikman, Mark
T1  - A Monte Carlo generator of nucleon configurations in complex nuclei including nucleon–nucleon correlations
T2  - Physics Letters B
N2  - We developed a Monte Carlo event generator for production of nucleon configurations in complex nuclei consistently including effects of nucleon–nucleon (NN) correlations. Our approach is based on the Metropolis search for configurations satisfying essential constraints imposed by short- and long-range NN correlations, guided by the findings of realistic calculations of one- and two-body densities for medium-heavy nuclei. The produced event generator can be used for Monte Carlo (MC) studies of pA and AA collisions. We perform several tests of consistency of the code and comparison with previous models, in the case of high energy proton–nucleus scattering on an event-by-event basis, using nucleus configurations produced by our code and Glauber multiple scattering theory both for the uncorrelated and the correlated configurations; fluctuations of the average number of collisions are shown to be affected considerably by the introduction of NN correlations in the target nucleus. We also use the generator to estimate maximal possible gluon nuclear shadowing in a simple geometric model.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/76434
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-764347
SN  - 0370-2693
VL  - 680
IS  - 3
SP  - 225
EP  - 230
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -