# A new route to calculating gluon production in proton–nucleus collisions

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- Published: 2026-11-05T01:20:01+00:00
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In the theoretical study of proton-nucleus collisions, the colliding projectiles can be described as streams of color charges moving along their respective trajectories. These color charges couple to gluons, which then produce the particles that are observed in the final state (gluons and quarks, which eventually produce hadrons).

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