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Saturation model for two-photon interactions at high energies
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics, High Energy Physics.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics, High Energy Physics.
2002 (English)In: European Physical Journal C, ISSN 1434-6044, E-ISSN 1434-6052, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 513-526Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We formulate and analyse a saturation model for the total γγ and γ∗γ∗ cross-sections and for the real photon structure function Fγ2(x,Q2) . The model is based on a picture in which the γ∗γ∗ total cross-section for arbitrary photon virtualities is driven by the interaction of colour dipoles into which the virtual photons fluctuate. The cross-section describing this interaction is assumed to satisfy the saturation property with the saturation radius taken from the Golec-Biernat and Wüsthoff analysis of the γ∗p interaction at HERA. The model is supplemented by the QPM and non-pomeron reggeon contributions. The model gives a very good description of the data on the γγ total cross-section, on the photon structure function Fγ2(x,Q2) at lowx and on the γ∗γ∗ cross-section extracted from LEP double tagged events. The production of heavy flavours in γγ collisions is also studied. Predictions of the model for the very high energy range which will be probed at future linear colliders are given.

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Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg , 2002. Vol. 23, no 3, p. 513-526
National Category
Natural Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-45293DOI: 10.1007/s100520200893OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-45293DiVA, id: diva2:73200
Available from: 2008-10-17 Created: 2008-10-17 Last updated: 2017-12-05Bibliographically approved
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1. The colour of gluon interactions: Studies of Quantum Chromodynamics in soft and hard processes
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The colour of gluon interactions: Studies of Quantum Chromodynamics in soft and hard processes
2002 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction, one of the fundamental forces of nature. The interactions between quarks are mediated by gluons, which are the colour-charged gauge fields in QCD. Hard processes with a large momentum transfer can be calculated using perturbation theory, while soft processes with a small momentum transfer are poorly understood. In this thesis, various aspects of the gluon interactions are studied based on the interplay between hard and soft processes.

Soft gluon exchanges do not affect the dynamics of a hard process, but can rearrange the colour topology, resulting in different final states. The soft colour interaction models employ this idea and give a good description of all diffractive hard scattering data observed in pp collisions (W, Z, dijets, bb, J/ψ). This thesis also presents predictions for diffractive Higgs and γγ production at present and future hadron colliders.

Multiple gluon exchanges give rise to saturation effects in hadronic collisions at high energies. Implementing this idea in photon-photon collisions gives new insight into the quantum structure of the photon and its interactions at high energies. When combined with perturbative calculations for single gluon exchange, the obtained results are in good agreement with experimental data from e+e- colliders.

Off-shell gluon distributions in the photon give another perspective on the photon structure and have been parameterized for the first time in this thesis. These are useful for calculating cross sections of processes where the effects of transverse momenta are crucial, for example heavy quark production in γp or γγ collisions.

Quantization of gauge fields which have a richer gauge structure than the gluons in QCD, is studied using the powerful BRST quantization formalism. Thus, first-stage reducible theories, like topological Yang-Mills and spin-5/2 gauge fields, are successfully quantized in an irreducible way.

Understanding gluon interactions and the interplay between soft and hard processes paves the way towards solving the longstanding problem of confinement in QCD.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2002. p. 64
Series
Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, ISSN 1104-232X ; 774
Keywords
Physics, Fysik
National Category
Physical Sciences
Research subject
Physics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-2850 (URN)91-554-5464-X (ISBN)
Public defence
2002-12-12, the Polhem lecture hall (10134) at the Ångström laboratory, Uppsala, 10:15
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Available from: 2002-11-21 Created: 2002-11-21 Last updated: 2012-10-10Bibliographically approved

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