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From minijet saturation to global observables in A + A collisions at the LHC and RHIC

Harri NiemiHarri NiemiKari J. EskolaKari J. EskolaRisto PaatelainenRisto PaatelainenKimmo Tuominen

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsLarge Hadron Colliderta114High Energy Physics::PhenomenologyFOS: Physical sciencesPerturbative QCDObservableNuclear physicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)13. Climate actionQuark–gluon plasmaSaturation (chemistry)Nuclear Experiment

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We review the recent results from the computation of saturated next-to-leading order perturbative QCD minijet intial conditions combined with viscous hydrodynamical evolution of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions at the LHC and RHIC. Comparison with experimental data is shown.

10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.10.007http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.4760