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Classical and quantum entropy of parton distributions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-06-06 v1

Abstract

We introduce the semiclassical Wehrl entropy for the nucleon as a measure of complexity of the multiparton configuration in phase space. This gives a new perspective on the nucleon tomography. We evaluate the entropy in the small-xx region and compare with the quantum von Neumann entropy. We also discuss the growth of entropy at small-xx and argue that it eventually saturates due to the Pomeron loop effect.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00087,
  title  = {Classical and quantum entropy of parton distributions},
  author = {Yoshikazu Hagiwara and Yoshitaka Hatta and Bo-Wen Xiao and Feng Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00087},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures

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