Heavy quark production by a quasi-classical color field in proton-nucleus collisions
arXiv:hep-ph/0401022 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.04.057
Abstract
We calculate the inclusive heavy quark production cross section for proton-nucleus collisions at high energies. We perform calculation in a quasi-classical approximation (McLerran-Venugopalan model) neglecting all low-x evolution effects. The derived expression for the differential cross section can be applied for studying the heavy quark production in the central rapidity region at RHIC.
12 pages, 3 eps figures; typo corrected