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Evidence for the discrete asymptotically-free BFKL Pomeron from HERA data

  • 1. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland). Theory Division, Physics Dept.
  • 2. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  • 3. Southampton Univ. (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy

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We show that the next-to-leading-order renormalization-group-improved asymptotically-free BFKL Pomeron provides a good fit to HERA data on virtual photoproduction at small x and large Q2. The leading discrete Pomeron pole reproduces qualitatively the Q2 dependence of the HERA data for x ∝10-3, and a fit using the three leading discrete singularities reproduces quantitatively the Q2 and x dependence of the HERA data for x<10-2. This fit fixes the phase for all the BFKL wavefunctions at a chosen infrared scale. (orig.)

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Imprint Pagination
12 p.
ISSN
0418-9833
Report number
DESY--08-028

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Secondary number(s)
CERN-PH-TH--2008-030; SHEP--08-08