Inclusive Production Through AdS/CFT

It has been shown that AdS/CFT calculations can reproduce certain exclusive 2->2 cross sections in QCD at high energy, both for near-forward and for fixed-angle scattering. In this paper, we extend prior treatments by using AdS/CFT to calculate the inclusive single-particle production cross section in QCD at high center-of-mass energy. We find that conformal invariance in the UV restricts the cross section to have a characteristic power-law falloff in the transverse momentum of the produced particle, with the exponent given by twice the conformal dimension of the produced particle, independent of incoming particle types. We conclude by comparing our findings to recent LHC experimental data from ATLAS and ALICE, and find good agreement.Comment: JHEP version. Discussion, appendix, figures, and tables added. Conclusions and key results unchange

Pomeron Physics at the LHC

We present current and ongoing research aimed at identifying Pomeron effects at the LHC in both the weak and strongly coupled regimes of QCD.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, 1 table. ISMD-2017 proceedings, will be published on-line on the EPJ Web of Conferences; References adde

Conformal Pomeron and Odderon in Strong Coupling

We discuss how exact conformal invariance in the strong coupling leads naturally through AdS/CFT correspondence to a systematic expansion for the Pomeron and Odderon intercepts in power of $\lambda^{-1/2}$, with $\lambda=g^2N_c$ the 't Hooft coupling. We also point out the importance of confinement for a realistic treatment of DIS in the HERA energy range.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, presented at the 2013 Low-x Workshop, May 30 - June 4 2013, Rehovot and Eilat, Israe