Gluons in small-x_B deep-inelastic scattering

1999/05/28 by Meng Ta-chung, Ta-chung, Meng, R. Rittel +4
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9905538

13 pages, including 1 figure

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Abstract

The existing data obtained in deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) experiments in the kinematical region x_B \approxle 10^-2 and Q² ≥ 5 GeV² are examined to gain further insight into the dynamics of interacting gluons. It is shown that not only the regularities observed in diffractive scattering and those found in large-transverse-momentum jet production, but also the striking features of the structure function F₂(x_B,Q²) observed in normal DIS-events in this kinematical region can be understood as direct consequences of self-organized criticality. The results explicitly demonstrate the usefulness of concepts and methods of Complex Sciences in understanding the various striking features observed in high-energy collision processes in which ``soft'' gluons play the dominating role.

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