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Quantum Corrections to the Weizs\"acker--Williams Distribution Function as Small x

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We compute the quantum corrections to the gluon distribution function in the background of a non--Abelian Weizs\"acker--Williams field. These corrections are valid to all orders in the effective coupling αsμ\alpha_s \mu, where μ2\mu^2 denotes the average valence quark color charge squared per unit area. We find ln(1/x)\ln(1/x) logarithmic corrections to the classical gluon distribution function. The one loop corrections to the classical Weizs\"acker-Williams field do not contribute to these singular terms in the distribution function. Their effect is to cause the running of αs\alpha_s.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9508302,
  title  = {Quantum Corrections to the Weizs\"acker--Williams Distribution Function as Small x},
  author = {A. Ayala and J. Jalilian--Marian and L. Mclerran and R. Venugopalan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9508302},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, 40 pages, 4 figures available upon request to the authors as postscript files