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Anti-collinear resummation in JIMWLK evolution in the linear regime

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-01-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The recently-proposed resummation procedure for anti-collinear logarithms in the JIMWLK kernel~\cite{Kovner:2023vsy} is studied in the linear (BFKL) regime in the fixed-coupling approximation. Simple closed form expressions for the resummed momentum space kernel and characteristic function χ(n,γ)\chi(n,\gamma) are found. We find that the anti-collinear pole in the leading order characteristic function at γ=1\gamma=1 disappears, and instead χ(γ=1)=1211παsNc\chi(\gamma=1)=\frac{12}{11}\frac{\pi}{\alpha_sN_c} for nF=0n_F=0. Comparison with the known NLO BFKL eigenvalue, with the target-Bjorken limit (QTQPQ_T\gg Q_P) of the γ(QP)+γ(QT)\gamma^*(Q_P)+\gamma^*(Q_T)-scattering amplitude and with the ``all-poles'' resummation prescription are presented.

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@article{arxiv.2601.02131,
  title  = {Anti-collinear resummation in JIMWLK evolution in the linear regime},
  author = {Alex Kovner and Michael Lublinsky and Maxim Nefedov and Vladimir Skokov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02131},
  year   = {2026}
}

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48 pages, 8 figures