Related papers: Small $x$ Contributions to the Structure Function …

The summation of the small x-corrections to hard-scattering QCD amplitudes by collinear factorisation method is reconsidered and the K-factor is derived in leading ln x approximation with a result differing from the corresponding expression…

Within a QCD-based eikonal model with a dynamical infrared gluon mass scale we discuss how the small $x$ behavior of the gluon distribution function at moderate $Q^{2}$ is directly related to the rise of total hadronic cross sections. In…

The logarithmic and constant contributions to the Wilson coefficient of the longitudinal heavy quark structure function to $O(\alpha_s^3)$ are calculated using mass factorization techniques in Mellin space. The small $x$ behaviour of the…

We discuss how momentum conservation is implemented in perturbative computations based on expansions of anomalous dimensions appropriate at small $x$. We show that for any given choice of $F_2$ coefficient functions there always exists a…

Using Laplace transform techniques, I calculate the longitudinal structure function $F_{L}(x,Q^{2})$ from the scaling violations of the proton structure function $F_{2}(x,Q^{2})$, and make a critical study of this relationship between the…

I review recent results by Fadin,Lipatov and collaborators and by our group,leading to the almost complete calculation of the next-to-leading BFKL kernel,of its eigenvalues,and of the resummed gluon anomalous dimension. Qualitative…

The NLO generalization of the dipole factorization formula for the structure functions F_2 and F_L at low x is calculated using light front perturbation theory. That result gives some interesting insight into the kinematics of initial state…

We computed the longitudinal proton structure function $F_{L}$, using the nonlinear Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-parisi (NLDGLAP) evolution equation approach at small $x$. For the gluon distribution, the nonlinear effects are related…

We perform a numerical study of the QCD corrections to the structure function $F_L(x,Q^2)$ in the HERA energy range. The $K$--factors are of $O(30%)$ and larger in parts of the kinematic range. The relative corrections to…

We examine the QCD corrections to the structure functions $F_2^\gamma(x,Q^2)$ and $F_L^\gamma(x,Q^2)$ for a real photon target. The pointlike photon contributions from light and heavy quarks are computed through $O(\alpha\alpha_S)$. A…

I present a theoretical discussion of the uncertainties related to the QCD analysis of the proton structure function $F_2(x,Q^2)$ at small $x$. The role played by the `unphysical' gluon density is pointed out. It is shown how the study of…

We compute the proton structure function F_2^p at small x and large Q^2 at next-to-leading order in alpha_s(Q^2), including summations of all leading and subleading logarithms of Q^2 and 1/x in a way consistent with momentum conservation.…

I use a direct method to extract the longitudinal structure function in the next-to-leading order approximation with respect to the number of active flavor from the parametrization of parton distributions. The contribution of charm and…

We study the small $x$ diffractive contribution to the spin--dependent proton structure function $g_1(x)$. We find that the $x\to 0$ behaviour of $ g_1(x)$ has a singular form like $1/(x^\alpha \ln^2(x))$ with $\alpha \sim 0.2-0.3$.

We make a critical study of the relationship between the singlet structure function $F_{2}^{S}$ and the gluon distribution $G(x,Q^{2})$ proposed in the past two decades, which is frequently used to extract the gluon distribution from the…

We describe the determination of the DIS structure functions $F_{2}$ and $F_{L}$ by using the singlet Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) and Altarelli-Martinelli equations at small values of $x$. The determination of the…

We report on recent results obtained for the massive Wilson coefficients which contribute to the structure function $F_2(x,Q^2)$ at $O(\alpha_s^3)$ in the region $Q^2/m^2 \gsim 10$. In the calculation new species of harmonic sums and…

The dependence of the diffractive nuclear shadowing and the nuclear pion excess effect on the deuteron spin alignment leads to a substantial tensor polarisation of sea partons in the deuteron. The corresponding tensor structure function…

We point out that the analysis in arXiv:1003.0482 actually verifies the universality of transverse momentum dependent quark distributions at small $x$, which supports the observation in our earlier work arXiv:0904.4150. Once the gluon…

I investigate the relationship between the gluon distribution obtained using a dipole model fit to low-x data on F_2(x,Q^2) and standard gluons obtained from global fits with the collinear factorization theorem at fixed order. I stress the…