Revealing the black-body regime of small-x deep-inelastic scattering through final-state signals.

Frankfurt, L, Guzey, V ORCID: 0000-0002-2393-8507, McDermott, M and Strikman, M (2001) Revealing the black-body regime of small-x deep-inelastic scattering through final-state signals. Physical review letters, 87 (19). 192301-.

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Abstract

We derive the major characteristics of inclusive and diffractive final states in deep-inelastic scattering off heavy nuclei for the high-energy (small-x) kinematics in which the limit of complete absorption is reached for the dominant hadronic fluctuations in the virtual photon (the black-body limit of the process). Both the longitudinal and transverse distributions of the leading hadrons are found to be strikingly different from the corresponding ones within the leading-twist approximation, and hence provide unambiguous signals for the onset of the black-body limit.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	LTH 497. arXiv Number: arXiv:hep-ph/0104154v2. Additional citation information: Physical Review Letters 87, 192301 (2001) [4 pages]; 0031-9007/01/87(19)/192301(4). published 18 October 2001. Issue: November 2001.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	VECTOR-MESONS, QCD, DOMINANCE, DENSITY, NUCLEI, DIS, EP
Subjects:	?? QC ??
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences > Mathematical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2009 09:10
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2024 15:16
DOI:	10.1103/physrevlett.87.192301
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/585