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Title: High-energy effective action from scattering of QCD shock waves

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OSTI ID:890549

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.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
890549
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-06-530; DOE/ER/40150-4015; TRN: US0604681
Resource Relation:
Conference: 7th Workshop On Continuous Advances In QCD, 11-14 May 2006, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English