Published May 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Froissart bound and gluon number fluctuations

  • 1. Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld (Germany)
  • 2. Department of Physics, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069 (United States)

Description

We study the effect of gluon number fluctuations (Pomeron loops) on the impact parameter behavior of the scattering amplitude in the fixed coupling case. We demonstrate that the dipole-hadron cross section computed from gluon number fluctuations saturates the Froissart bound and the growth of the radius of the black disk with rapidity is enhanced by an additional term as compared to the single event case. We find that the physical amplitude has a Gaussian impact parameter dependence once the gluon number fluctuations are included. This indicates that the fluctuations may be the microscopic origin for the Gaussian impact parameter dependence of the scattering amplitude.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 094004-094004.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42003089
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING; CROSS SECTIONS; DIPOLES; FLUCTUATIONS; GLUONS; HADRONS; IMPACT PARAMETER; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MULTIPOLES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; VARIATIONS

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