Limits on the diffractive mass in strong coherent $\gamma^*$-nucleus scattering
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2025-12-09 v1
Abstract
An evolution equation for diffractive production with a definite rapidity gap is given. Coherent collisions in the unitarity (saturation) region are studied with the conclusion that the diffractive mass is always on the order of the virtuality, , when the scattering is strong. Deep in the saturation region diffractive masses significantly greater than are strongly suppressed by a Levin-Tuchin mechanism.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.07630,
title = {Limits on the diffractive mass in strong coherent $\gamma^*$-nucleus scattering},
author = {A. H. Mueller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07630},
year = {2025}
}