Color-dipole picture versus hard pomeron in deep inelastic scattering

Nov 18, 2020
7 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 104 (2021) 1, 014009
  • Published: Jul 1, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
For photon virtualities of Q220GeV2, the results of the (hard Pomeron) fit in the tensor-Pomeron model in terms of the variables, Q2, and the virtual-photon-proton energy squared, W2, provide empirical evidence for the validity of the color dipole picture (CDP). Consistency of the CDP with the perturbative QCD (pQCD) improved parton model implies the prediction of C2=ε00.30 for the exponent C2 of the energy-squared dependence in agreement with the results of the fits. For Q220GeV2, the CDP yields a parameter-free smooth transition from Q220GeV2 to Q2=0 photoproduction, in distinction from the tensor-Pomeron model that relies on the additional parameter quantifying the intercept of the soft-Pomeron trajectory.
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  • 7 pages, 1 figure
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • model: parton
  • deep inelastic scattering: small-x
  • color: dipole
  • pomeron
  • tensor
  • photoproduction
  • Regge poles