Published 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

BK equation and traveling wave solutions

  • 1. Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Fis, BR-91501 Porto Alegre, RS, (Brazil)
  • 2. CEA Saclay, DSM, SPhT, Serv Phys Theor Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, (France)

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It has been shown that the transition to the saturation regime of high energy QCD is similar to the formation of the front of a traveling wave. In particular, it can be verified that Balitsky-Kovchegov (BK) evolution equation reduces, after some approximations, to the nonlinear Fisher and Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piscounov (FKPP) equation, well-known from statistical physics. In these proceedings, based on the current knowledge of the asymptotic solutions of the BK equation, we propose a parametrization for the forward scattering amplitude which interpolates between the traveling wave solution and the saturation region. (authors)

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Journal Title
Brazilian Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
no.2B
Journal Page Range
p. 648-651
ISSN
0103-9733

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