Deep inelastic scattering, QCD, and generalized vector dominance

Aug, 1999
36 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 13 (2000) 301-314
e-Print:
Report number:
  • BI-TP-99-28

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Abstract:
We provide a formulation of generalised vector dominance (GVD) for low-x deep-inelastic scattering that explicitly incorporates the γqqˉ{\gamma}^{\ast} \to q{\bar q} transition and a QCD-inspired ansatz for the (qqˉ)p(q{\bar q})p forward-scattering amplitude. The destructive interference originally introduced in off-diagonal GVD is recovered in the present formulation and traced back to the generic structure of two-gluon-exchange as incorporated into the notion of colour transparency. Asymptotically, the transverse photoabsorption cross section behaves as (ln Q^2)/Q^2, implying a logarithmic violation of scaling for F_2, while the longitudinal-to-transverse ratio decreases as 1/ln Q^2.
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • small-x
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • vector dominance
  • Compton scattering: forward scattering
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • photon p: interaction
  • photon: transverse
  • photon: longitudinal
  • photon: absorption