On the relevance of the BFKL equation to deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Jun, 1993
18 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 416 (1994) 739-750
Report number:
  • RAL-93-039,
  • M-C-TH-93-14

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We study the theoretical uncertainties which arise from the presence of both very large and very small momenta in the BFKL approach to small- x physics. We present a modification to the BFKL equation which incorporates an ultra-violet limit suggested by energy conservation. The solution of this equation results in a gluon distribution which has a slower growth at small x and low Q 2 than that of the traditional BFKL equation.
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • deep inelastic scattering: electron p
  • scattering: small-x
  • small-x: scattering
  • infrared problem
  • leading logarithm approximation
  • energy: conservation law
  • gluon: structure function
  • numerical calculations: DESY HERA Stor
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