Coherent photon-hadron interactions in pA collisions: Small-x physics after HERA
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V.P. Gonçalves a and M.V.T. Machado b,c a Instituto de F́ısica e Matemática, Universidade Federal de Pelotas Caixa Postal 354, CEP 96010-090, Pelotas, RS, Brazil b Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS). Unidade de Bento Gonçalves Rua Benjamin Constant, 229. Bento Gonçalves. CEP 95700-000, Brazil c High Energy Physics Phenomenology Group, GFPAE IF-UFRGS Caixa Postal 15051, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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