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The BFKL Pomeron within Physical Renormalization Schemes and Scales

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

In this lecture the next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections to the QCD Pomeron intercept obtained from the Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) equation are discussed. It is shown that the BFKL Pomeron intercept when evaluated in non-Abelian physical renormalization schemes with Brodsky-Lepage-Mackenzie (BLM) optimal scale setting does not exhibit the serious problems encountered in the modified minimal subtraction (bar{MS}) scheme. The results obtained provide an opportunity for applications of the NLO BFKL resummation to high-energy phenomenology. One of such applications for virtual gamma-gamma total cross section shows a good agreement with preliminary data at CERN LEP.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0207296,
  title  = {The BFKL Pomeron within Physical Renormalization Schemes and Scales},
  author = {V. S. Fadin and V. T. Kim and L. N. Lipatov and G. B. Pivovarov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0207296},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Presented at XXXXV PNPI Winter School, Repino, St.Petersburg, Russia, 19-25 Feb., 2001; Latex, 16 pages, 5 figures