55 research outputs found

    Non-Gaussian Correlations in the McLerran-Venugopalan Model

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    We argue that the statistical weight function W[rho] appearing in the McLerran-Venugopalan model of a large nucleus is intrinsically non-Gaussian, even if we neglect quantum corrections. Based on the picture where the nucleus of radius R consists of a collection of color-neutral nucleons, each of radius a<<R, we show that to leading order in alpha_s and a/R only the Gaussian part of W[rho] enters into the final expression for the gluon number density. Thus, the existing results in the literature which assume a Gaussian weight remain valid.Comment: 21 pages with 4 figures (revtex

    Unitarization of the BFKL Pomeron on a Nucleus

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    We analyze the evolution equation describing all multiple hard pomeron exchanges in a hadronic or nuclear structure functions that was proposed earlier. We construct a perturbation series providing us with an exact solution to the equation outside of the saturation region. The series demonstrates how at moderately high energies the corrections to the single BFKL pomeron exchange contribution which are due to the multiple pomeron exchanges start unitarizing total deep inelastic scattering cross section. We show that as energy increases the scattering cross section of the quark-antiquark pair of a fixed transverse separation on a hadron or nucleus given by the solution of our equation inside of the saturation region unitarizes and becomes independent of energy. The corresponding F_2 structure function also unitarizes and becomes linearly proportional to ln s. We also discuss possible applications of the developed technique to diffraction.Comment: REVTeX, 20 pages, 6 figure

    Quantum collisions of finite-size ultrarelativistic nuclei

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    We show that the boost variable, the conjugate to the coordinate rapidity, which is associated with the center-of-mass motion, encodes the information about the finite size of colliding nuclei in a Lorentz-invariant way. The quasi-elastic forward color-changing scattering between the quantum boost states rapidly grows with the total energy of the collision and leads to an active breakdown of the color coherence at the earliest moments of the collision. The possible physical implications of this result are discussed.Comment: 23 pages, RevTeX. New references and two figures added. Final version accepted for publication in Physical Review

    Parton Saturation-An Overview

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    The idea of partons and the utility of using light-cone gauge in QCD are introduced. Saturation of quark and gluon distributions are discussed using simple models and in a more general context. The Golec-Biernat W\usthoff model and some simple phenomenology are described. A simple, but realistic, equation for unitary, the Kovchegov equation, is discussed, and an elementary derivation of the JIMWLK equation is given.Comment: Cargese Lectures, 34 pages, 19 figure

    Eikonal Evolution and Gluon Radiation

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    We give a simple quantum mechanical formulation of the eikonal propagation approximation, which has been heavily used in recent years in problems involving hadronic interactions at high energy. This provides a unified framework for several approaches existing in the literature. We illustrate this scheme by calculating the total, elastic, inelastic and diffractive DIS cross sections, as well as gluon production in high energy hadronic collisions. From the q-qbar-g-component of the DIS cross sections, we straightforwardly derive low x evolution equations for inelastic and diffractive DIS distribution functions. In all calculations, we provide all order 1/N corrections to the results existing in the literature.Comment: 40 pages, LaTeX, 3 eps-figures, typos corrected, to be published in PR

    Has HERA reached a new QCD regime?

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    These notes are a summary of our efforts to answer the question in the title. Our answer is in the affirmative as: (i) HERA data indicate a large value of the gluon structure function; (ii) no contradictions with the asymptotic predictions of high density QCD have been observed; and (iii) the numerical estimates of our model give a natural description of the size of deviation from the routine DGLAP explanation. We discuss the alternative approaches and possible new experiments.Comment: 29 pages, 37 figures in eps file

    The initial energy density of gluons produced in very high energy nuclear collisions

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    In very high energy nuclear collisions, the initial energy of produced gluons per unit area per unit rapidity, dE/L2/dηdE/L^2/d\eta, is equal to f(g2μL)(g2μ)3/g2f(g^2\mu L) (g^2\mu)^3/g^2, where μ2\mu^2 is proportional to the gluon density per unit area of the colliding nuclei. For an SU(2) gauge theory, we perform a non--perturbative numerical computation of the function f(g2μL)f(g^2\mu L). It decreases rapidly for small g2μLg^2\mu L but varies only by 25\sim 25%, from 0.208±0.0040.208\pm 0.004 to 0.257±0.0050.257\pm 0.005, for a wide range 35.36--296.98 in g2μLg^2\mu L, including the range relevant for collisions at RHIC and LHC. Extrapolating to SU(3), we estimate the initial energy per unit rapidity for Au-Au collisions in the central region at RHIC and LHC.Comment: 11 pages, Latex, 3 figures; revised version-includes additional numerical data; reference adde

    Nonlinear QCD Evolution: Saturation without Unitarization

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    We consider the perturbative description of saturation based on the nonlinear QCD evolution equation of Balitsky and Kovchegov (BK). Although the nonlinear corrections lead to saturation of the scattering amplitude locally in impact parameter space, we show that they do not unitarize the total cross section. The total cross section for the scattering of a strongly interacting probe on a hadronic target is found to grow exponentially with rapidity. The origin of this violation of unitarity is the presence of long range Coulomb fields away from the saturation region. The growth of these fields with rapidity is not tempered by the nonlinearity of the BK equation.Comment: 4 pages, RevTe
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