Properties of the BFKL equation and structure function predictions for HERA

Sep, 1993
27 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 4402-4414
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Report number:
  • DTP-93-28

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Abstract: (cern)
The general properties of the Lipatov or BFKL equation are reviewed. Modifications to the infrared region are proposed. Numerical predictions for the deep-inelastic electron-proton structure functions at small xx are presented and confronted with recent HERA measurements.
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • deep inelastic scattering: electron p
  • p: structure function
  • structure function: small-x
  • Lipatov equation: solution
  • infrared problem
  • effect: shadowing
  • gluon: momentum spectrum
  • numerical calculations
  • interpretation of experiments: DESY HERA Stor