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Wave function derivation of the JIMWLK equation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-12-16 v2

Abstract

Using the stationary lightcone perturbation theory, we propose the complete and careful derivation the JIMWLK equation. We show that the rigorous treatment requires the knowledge of a boosted wave function with second order accuracy. Previous wave function approaches are incomplete and implicitly used the time ordered perturbation theory, which requires a usage of an external target field.

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@article{arxiv.0806.3170,
  title  = {Wave function derivation of the JIMWLK equation},
  author = {Alexey V. Popov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3170},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages, motivation added, abstract changed, typos corrected

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