INTRINSIC GLUE DISTRIBUTION AT VERY SMALL-X

Citation
J. Jalilianmarian et al., INTRINSIC GLUE DISTRIBUTION AT VERY SMALL-X, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 55(9), 1997, pp. 5414-5428
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
55
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5414 - 5428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1997)55:9<5414:IGDAVS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We compute the distribution functions for gluons at very small x and n ot tao large values of transverse momenta. We extend the McLerran-Venu gopalan model by using renormalization group methods to integrate out effects due to those gluons which generate an effective classical char ge density for Weizsacker-Williams fields. We argue that this model ca n be extended from the description of nuclei at small x to the descrip tion of hadrons at yet smaller values of x. This generates a Lipatov-l ike enhancement for the intrinsic gluon distribution function and a no ntrivial transverse momentum dependence as well. We estimate the trans verse momentum dependence for the distribution functions, and show how the issue of unitarity is resolved in lepton-nucleus interactions.