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Next-to-next-to-eikonal corrections in the CGC

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-02-17 v1

Abstract

We extend the study of corrections to the eikonal approximation that was initiated in Ref. \cite{Altinoluk:2014oxa} to higher orders. These corrections associated with the finite width of the target are investigated and the gluon propagator in background field is calculated at next-to-next-to-eikonal accuracy. The result is then applied to the single inclusive gluon production cross section at central rapidities and the light-front helicity asymmetry, in pA collisions, in order to analyse these observables beyond the eikonal limit. The next-to-next-to-eikonal corrections to the unpolarized cross section are non-zero and provide the first corrections to the usual kk_\perp-factorized expression. In contrast, the eikonal and next-to-next-to-eikonal contributions to the helicity asymmetry vanish, while the next-to-eikonal ones are non-zero.

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@article{arxiv.1505.01400,
  title  = {Next-to-next-to-eikonal corrections in the CGC},
  author = {Tolga Altinoluk and Néstor Armesto and Guillaume Beuf and Alexis Moscoso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.01400},
  year   = {2016}
}

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32 pages

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