208 research outputs found
Transverse momentum dependent splitting functions at work: quark-to-gluon splitting
Using the recently obtained Pgq splitting function we extend the low x
evolution equation for gluons to account for contributions originating from
quark-to-gluon splitting. In order to write down a consistent equation we resum
virtual corrections coming from the gluon channel and demonstrate that this
implies a suitable regularization of the Pgq singularity, corresponding to a
soft emitted quark. We also note that the obtained equation is in a
straightforward manner generalized to a nonlinear evolution equation which
takes into account effects due to the presence of high gluon densities.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, published versio
Scattering amplitudes with off-shell quarks
We present a prescription to calculate manifestly gauge invariant tree-level
scattering amplitudes for arbitrary scattering processes with off-shell
initial-state quarks within the kinematics of high-energy scattering.Comment: 17 pages, references added, calculation included to indicate
equivalence with effective action approac
TMD splitting functions in kT factorization: the real contribution to the gluon-to-gluon splitting
We calculate the transverse momentum dependent gluon-to-gluon splitting
function within -factorization, generalizing the framework employed in the
calculation of the quark splitting functions in [1-3] and demonstrate at the
same time the consistency of the extended formalism with previous results.
While existing versions of factorized evolution equations contain already
a gluon-to-gluon splitting function i.e. the leading order
Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) kernel or the
Ciafaloni-Catani-Fiore-Marchesini (CCFM) kernel, the obtained splitting
function has the important property that it reduces both to the leading order
BFKL kernel in the high energy limit, to the
Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) gluon-to-gluon splitting
function in the collinear limit as well as to the CCFM kernel in the soft
limit. At the same time we demonstrate that this splitting kernel can be
obtained from a direct calculation of the QCD Feynman diagrams, based on a
combined implementation of the Curci-Furmanski-Petronzio formalism for the
calculation of the collinear splitting functions and the framework of high
energy factorization.Comment: 29 pages, 5 figures, published versio
Z boson production in proton-lead collisions at the LHC accounting for transverse momenta of initial partons
We perform a calculation of inclusive boson production in proton-lead
collisions at the LHC taking into account the transverse momenta of the initial
partons. We use the framework of -factorization combining transverse
momentum dependent parton distributions (TMDs) with off-shell matrix elements.
In order to do it we need to construct appropriate TMDs for lead nuclei which
is done using the parton branching method. Our computations are compared with
data from CMS taken at TeV. The results are in good agreement
with the measurements especially the transverse momentum distribution of the
boson.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figure
Unintegrated gluon distribution from modified BK equation
We investigate the recently proposed nonlinear equation for the unintegrated
gluon distribution function which includes the subleading effects at small .
We obtained numerically the solution to this equation in space, and
also the integrated gluon density. The subleading effects affect strongly the
normalization and the and dependence of the gluon distribution. We show
that the saturation scale , which is obtained from this model, is
consistent with the one used in the saturation model by Golec-Biernat and
W\"usthoff. We also estimate the nonlinear effects by looking at the relative
normalization of the solutions to the linear and nonlinear equations. It turns
out that the differences are quite large even in the nominally dilute regime,
that is when . Finally, we calculate the dipole-nucleon cross
section.Comment: Comparison with unmodified BK included. To be published in EPJ
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