521 research outputs found
Symmetry Properties of the Effective Action for High-Energy Scattering in QCD
We study the effective action describing high-energy scattering processes in
the multi-Regge limit of QCD, which should provide the starting point for a new
attempt to overcome the limitations of the leading logarithmic and the eikonal
approximations. The action can be obtained via simple graphical rules or by
integrating in the QCD functional integral over momentum modes of gluon and
quark fields that do not appear explicitely as scattering or exchanged
particles in the considered processes. The supersymmetry is used to obtain the
terms in the action involving quarks fields from the pure gluonic ones. We
observe a Weizs\"acker - Williams type relations between terms describing
scattering and production of particles.Comment: 37 pages LATEX, 1 Table and 7 figures using package FEYNMA
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
Prompt photon hadroproduction at high energies in the k_T-factorization approach
We consider the prompt photon production at high energy hadron colliders in
the framework of k_T-factorization approach. The unintegrated quark and gluon
distributions in a proton are determined using the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin
prescription. The conservative error analisys is performed. We investigate both
inclusive prompt photon and prompt photon and associated muon production rates.
In Standard Model such events come mainly due to Compton scattering process
where the final heavy (charm or bottom) quark produces a muon. The theoretical
results are compared with recent experimental data taken by the D0 and CDF
collaborations at Fermilab Tevatron. Our analysis also covers the azimuthal
correlations between produced prompt photon and muon which can provide an
important information about non-collinear parton evolution in a proton.
Finally, we extrapolate the theoretical predictions to CERN LHC energies.Comment: 27 pages, 13 figure
Resummation of double logarithms in electroweak high energy processes
At future linear collider experiments in the TeV range, Sudakov
double logarithms originating from massive boson exchange can lead to
significant corrections to the cross sections of the observable processes.
These effects are important for the high precision objectives of the Next
Linear Collider. We use the infrared evolution equation, based on a gauge
invariant dispersive method, to obtain double logarithmic asymptotics of
scattering amplitudes and discuss how it can be applied, in the case of broken
gauge symmetry, to the Standard Model of electroweak processes. We discuss the
double logarithmic effects to both non-radiative processes and to processes
accompanied by soft gauge boson emission. In all cases the Sudakov double
logarithms are found to exponentiate. We also discuss double logarithmic
effects of a non-Sudakov type which appear in Regge-like processes.Comment: 26 pages, 3 figures, Latex2
Prompt photon photoproduction at HERA in the k_T-factorization approach
We present calculations of the prompt photon photoproduction at HERA collider
in the k_T-factorization approach. Both direct and resolved contributions are
taken into account. The conservative error analisys is performed. The
unintegrated parton densities in a proton and in a photon are determined using
the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin prescription. We investigate both inclusive and
associated with jet prompt photon photoproduction rates. In particular, we
study the angular correlations between produced photon and hadronic jet in the
transverse momentum plane which can provide a unique information about
non-collinear evolution dynamics. We compare our theoretical predictions with
recent experimental data taken by the H1 and ZEUS collaborations.Comment: 34 pages, 18 figure
Charm photoproduction at HERA: kt-factorization versus experimental data
We calculate the cross section of charm photoproduction at HERA collider in
the framework of the kt-factorization QCD approach. Our analysis cover the
inclusive charm production as well as charm and associated jet production
processes. Both photon-gluon and gluon-gluon fusion mechanisms are taken into
account. The unintegrated gluon densities in a proton and in a photon obtained
from the full CCFM, from unified BFKL-DGLAP evolution equations as well as from
the Kimber-Martin-Ryskin prescription are used. Our theoretical results are
compared with the recent experimental data taken by the H1 and ZEUS
collaborations at HERA. Special attention is put on the specific angular
correlations which can provide unique information about non-collinear gluon
evolution dynamics.Comment: 33 pages, 15 figures, 2 table
Nonforward anomalous dimensions of Wilson operators in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory
We present the next-to-leading order results for universal non-forward
anomalous dimensions of Wilson twist-2 operators in N=4 supersymmetric
Yang-Mills theory. The whole calculation was performed using supersymmetric
Ward identities derived in this paper together with already known QCD results
and does not involve any additional calculation of diagrams. We also considered
one particular limit of our result, which could potentially be interesting in
the context of AdS/CFT correspondence.Comment: 15 pages, references added, typos corrected, version accepted in JHE
Production of electroweak gauge bosons in off-shell gluon-gluon fusion
We study the production of electroweak gauge bosons at high energies in the
framework of kt-factorization QCD approach. Contributions from the valence
quarks are calculated using the quark-gluon interaction and quark-antiquark
annihilation QCD subprocesses. The total and differential cross sections (as a
function of the transverse momentum and rapidity) are presented and the ratio
of cross sections for W and Z boson production is investigated. The
conservative error analysis is performed. In the numerical calculations two
different sets of unintegrated gluon distributions in the proton are used: the
one obtained from Ciafaloni-Catani-Fiorani-Marchesini evolution equation and
the other from Kimber-Martin-Ryskin prescription. Theoretical results are
compared with experimental data taken by the D0 and CDF collaborations at the
Tevatron. We demonstrate the importance of the quark component in parton
evolution in description of the experimental data. This component is very
significant also at the LHC energies.Comment: 33 pages, 18 figure
On The Pomeron at Large 't Hooft Coupling
We begin the process of unitarizing the Pomeron at large 't Hooft coupling.
We do so first in the conformal regime, which applies to good accuracy to a
number of real and toy problems in QCD. We rewrite the conformal Pomeron in the
-plane and transverse position space, and then work out the eikonal
approximation to multiple Pomeron exchange. This is done in the context of a
more general treatment of the complex -plane and the geometric consequences
of conformal invariance. The methods required are direct generalizations of our
previous work on single Pomeron exchange and on multiple graviton exchange in
AdS space, and should form a starting point for other investigations. We
consider unitarity and saturation in the conformal regime, noting elastic and
absorptive effects, and exploring where different processes dominate. Our
methods extend to confining theories and we briefly consider the Pomeron kernel
in this context. Though there is important model dependence that requires
detailed consideration, the eikonal approximation indicates that the Froissart
bound is generically both satisfied and saturated.Comment: 63 pages, 7 figures; published version: references updated and
several typos correcte
Kinetics of Surface Enrichment: A Molecular Dynamics Study
We use molecular dynamics (MD) to study the kinetics of surface enrichment
(SE) in a stable homogeneous mixture (AB), placed in contact with a surface
which preferentially attracts A. The SE profiles show a characteristic
double-exponential behavior with two length scales: \xi_-, which rapidly
saturates to its equilibrium value, and \xi_+, which diverges as a power-law
with time (\xi_+ \sim t^\theta). We find that hydrodynamic effects result in a
crossover of the growth exponent from \theta \simeq 0.5 to \theta \simeq 1.0.
There is also a corresponding crossover in the growth dynamics of the SE-layer
thickness.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figures, Published in J. Chem. Phys. (Research
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