Published July 1, 2005 | Version v1
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High-energy effective action from scattering of QCD shock waves

Description

At high energies, the relevant degrees of freedom are Wilson lines - infinite gauge links ordered along straight lines collinear to the velocities of colliding particles. The effective action for these Wilson lines is determined by the scattering of QCD shock waves. I develop the symmetric expansion of the effective action in powers of strength of one of the shock waves and calculate the leading term of the series. The corresponding first-order effective action, symmetric with respect to projectile and target, includes both up and down fan diagrams and pomeron loops

Availability note (English)

Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/841575-1bnjfx/native/

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
435.3 Kilobytes
Report number
JLAB-THY--05-385

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
36080835
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DEGREES OF FREEDOM; POMERANCHUK PARTICLES; PROJECTILES; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; SCATTERING; SHOCK WAVES
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; MESONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC05-84ER40150
Notes
No journal information given for this preprint
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
DOE/ER--40150-3476