486 research outputs found
Q^2 dependence of diffractive vector meson electroproduction
We give a general formula for the cross section for diffractive vector meson
electroproduction, gamma^* p -> Vp. We first calculate diffractive qqbar
production, and then use parton-hadron duality by projecting out the J^P = 1^-
state in the appropriate mass interval. We compare the Q^2 dependence of the
cross section for the diffractive production of rho and J/psi mesons with
recent HERA data. We include the characteristic Q^2 dependence associated with
the use of the skewed gluon distribution. We give predictions for
sigma_L/sigma_T for both rho and J/psi production.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX, including five PostScript figure
On a possible manifestation of f_1 trajectory in J/psi photoproduction
We analyze a possible manifestation of f_1-trajectory in elastic J/psi
photoproduction at high energy and large momentum transfer. Inspite of the
small contribution of f_1-trajectory in total cross sections, it becomes
significant in various spin observables. In particular, we show that the
crucial test for f_1-exchange can be made by measuring the single beam- and
double parity- and beam-target asymmetries at large momentum transfers, where a
strong deviation from the exchange of conventional Pomerons is expected. This
effect is caused by the interference of natural (Pomeron) and unnatural (f_1)
parity exchange parts of amplitude in the region where their contributions
become comparable to each other and might be interesting to observe in
forthcoming experiments, if feasible. .Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures. To be published in PL
Open Heavy Flavor Production in QCD -- Conceptual Framework and Implementation Issues
Heavy flavor production is an important QCD process both in its own right and
as a key component of precision global QCD analysis. Apparent disagreements
between fixed-flavor scheme calculations of b-production rate with experimental
measurements in hadro-, lepto-, and photo-production provide new impetus to a
thorough examination of the theory and phenomenology of this process. We review
existing methods of calculation, and place them in the context of the general
PQCD framework of Collins. A distinction is drawn between scheme dependence and
implementation issues related to quark mass effects near threshold. We point
out a so far overlooked kinematic constraint on the threshold behavior, which
greatly simplifies the variable flavor number scheme. It obviates the need for
the elaborate existing prescriptions, and leads to robust predictions. It can
facilitate the study of current issues on heavy flavor production as well as
precision global QCD analysis.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, Proceedings of Ringberg Workshop: New Trends in
HERA Physics 2001, Munich, German
Moments of the Proton F2 Structure Function at Low Q2
The Q^2 dependence of inclusive electron-proton scattering F_2 structure
function data in both the nucleon resonance region and the deep inelastic
region, at momentum transfers below 5 (GeV/c)^2, is investigated. Moments of
F_2 are constructed, down to momentum transfers of Q^2 ~ 0.1 (GeV/c)^2. The
second moment is only slowly varying with Q^2 down to Q^2 ~ 1 (GeV/c)^2, which
is a reflection of duality. Below Q^2 of 1 (GeV/c)^2, the Q^2 dependence of the
moments is predominantly governed by the elastic contribution, whereas the
inelastic channels still seem governed by local duality.Comment: 11 page paper, 1 LaTeX file, 10 postscript figure file
Perturbative QCD Analysis of Local Duality in a fixed W^2 Framework
We study the global Q^2 dependence of large x, F_2 nucleon structure function
data, with the aim of providing a perturbative-QCD based, quantitative analysis
of parton-hadron duality. As opposed to previous analyses at fixed x, we use a
framework in fixed W^2. We uncover a breakdown of the twist-4 approximation
with a renormalon type improvement at O(1/Q^4) which, by affecting the initial
evolution of parton distributions, will have consequences for pQCD analyses
also at large x and very large Q^2.Comment: RevTex4, 8 pages, 3 figure
Inelastic diffraction and color-singlet gluon-clusters in high-energy hadron-hadron and lepton-hadron collisions
It is proposed, that ``the colorless objects'' which manifest themselves in
large-rapidity-gap events are color-singlet gluon-clusters due to
self-organized criticality (SOC), and that optical-geometrical concepts and
methods are useful in examing the space-time properties of such objects. A
simple analytical expression for the -dependence of the inelastic single
diffractive cross section ( is the four-momentum transfer
squared) is derived. Comparison with the existing data and predictions for
future experiments are presented. The main differences and similarities between
the SOC-approach and the ``Partons in the Pomeron (Pomeron and
Reggeon)''-approach are discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
The hard scale in the exclusive rho-meson production in diffractive DIS
We re-examine the issue of the pQCD factorization scale in the exclusive rho
production in diffractive DIS from the k_t-factorization point of view. We find
that this scale differs significantly from, and possesses much flatter Q^2
behavior than widely used value (Q^2 + m_\rho^2)/4. With these results in mind,
we discuss the Q^2 shape of the rho meson production cross section. We
introduce rescaled cross sections, which might provide further insight into the
dynamics of rho production. We also comment on the recent ZEUS observation of
energy-independent ratio sigma(gamma* p --> rho p) / sigma_{tot}(gamma*p).Comment: 14 pages, 7 eps figure
Beauty photoproduction at HERA: kt-factorization versus experimental data
We present calculations of the beauty photoproduction at HERA collider in the
framework of the kt-factorization approach. Both direct and resolved photon
contributions are taken into account. The unintegrated gluon densities in a
proton and in a photon are obtained from the full CCFM, from unified BFKL-DGLAP
evolution equations as well as from the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin prescription. We
investigate different production rates (both inclusive and associated with
hadronic jets) and compare our theoretical predictions with the recent
experimental data taken by the H1 and ZEUS collaborations. Special attention is
put on the x_{\gamma}^{obs} variable which is sensitive to the relative
contributions to the beauty production cross section.Comment: 29 pages, 15 figures, 2 table
Geometric Scaling in Inclusive Charm Production
We show that the cross section for inclusive charm production exhibits
geometric scaling in a large range of photon virtualities. In the HERA
kinematic domain the saturation momentum stays below the hard
scale , implying charm production probing mostly the color
transparency regime and unitarization effects being almost negligible. We
derive our results considering two saturation models which are able to describe
the DESY ep collider HERA data for the proton structure function at small
values of the Bjorken variable . A striking feature is the scaling on
above saturation limit, corroborating recent
theoretical studies.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. Version to be published in Physical Review
Letter
A mechanism for the Double-Spin Asymmetry in Electromagnetic Production at HERMES
We calculate the contribution of meson and pomeron exchanges to the
double-spin asymmetry in -meson electromagnetic production at HERMES
energies. We show that the observed double-spin asymmetries, which are large,
can be explained by the interference between the natural parity -secondary
Reggeon and the unnatural parity anomalous exchanges.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, Late
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