Solving the modified Lipatov equation

May 26, 1992
32 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 383 (1992) 575-606
  • Published: 1992
Report number:
  • SHEP-91-92-14

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We consider the solution of the Lipatov integral equation in the case of zero momentum transfer, q 2 = 0. After discussing the character of the eigenfunctions and the nature of the leading singularity in the case of both a fixed and running gauge coupling, we consider the effects of different ways of cutting off the infrared singularity in the perturbative gluon propagator, and present a model for the behaviour of the leading eigenvalues which is valid for a wide class of propagators and couplings. We conclude with the results of numerical investigation of the solutions of the equation for a variety of different gluon propagators, and briefly consider how the actual numerical values of the leading eigenvalues relate to physical scattering processes.
  • Lipatov equation: solution
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • elastic scattering
  • momentum transfer: 0
  • leading logarithm approximation
  • gluon: propagator
  • gluon: massive
  • massive: gluon
  • nonperturbative
  • Dyson-Schwinger equation