Analytical approach for the approximate solution of the longitudinal structure function with respect to the GLR-MQ equation at small x

We show that the nonlinear corrections to the longitudinal structure function can be tamed the singularity behavior at low x values, with respect to GLR-MQ equations. This approach can determined the shadowing longitudinal structure function based on the shadowing corrections to the gluon and singlet quark structure functions. Comparing our results with HERA data show that at very low x this behavior completely tamed by these corrections.     

Nonlinear correction to the longitudinal structure function at small x

We computed the longitudinal proton structure function F_L, using the nonlinear Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (NLDGLAP) evolution equation approach at small x . For the gluon distribution, the nonlinear effects are related to the longitudinal structure function. As the very small-x behavior of the gluon distribution is obtained by solving the Gribov, Levin, Ryskin, Mueller and Qiu (GLR-MQ) evolution equation with the nonlinear shadowing term incorporated, we show that the strong rise that corresponds to the linear QCD evolution equations can be tamed by screening effects. Consequently, the obtained longitudinal structure function shows a tamed growth at small x . We computed the predictions for all details of the nonlinear longitudinal structure function in the kinematic range where it has been measured by the H1 Collaboration and made comparisons with the computation by Moch, Vermaseren and Vogt at the second order with input data from the MRST QCD fit.     

Unpolarized coupled DGLAP evolution equation at small-x

In this paper, we have obtained the solution of the unpolarized coupled Dokshitzer–Gribove–Lipatov–Alterelli–Parisi (DGLAP) evolution equation in leading order at the small-x limit. Here, we have used a Taylor series expansion, separation of functions and then the method of characteristics to solve the evolution equations. We have also calculated t-evolution of singlet and gluon distribution functions and the results are compared with E665 and NNPDF data for singlet structure function and GRV1998 and MRST2004 gluon parametrizations. It is shown that our results are in good agreement with the parametrizations especially at small-x and high-Q ² region. From global parametrizations and our results, we have seen that the singlet and gluon distribution functions increase when Q ² increases for fixed values of x.     

Analysis of the logarithmic slope of <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> from the Regge gluon density behavior at small <Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>

We study the accuracy of the Regge behavior of the gluon distribution function for an approximate relation that is frequently used to extract the logarithmic slopes of the structure function from the gluon distribution at small x. We show that the Regge behavior analysis results are comparable with HERA data and are also better than other methods that expand the gluon density at distinct points of expansion. We also show that for Q ² = 22.4 GeV², the x dependence of the data is well described by gluon shadowing corrections to the GLR-MQ equation. The resulting analytic expression allows us to predict the logarithmic derivative ∂F ₂(x, Q ²)/∂lnQ ² and to compare the results with the H1 data and a QCD analysis fit with the MRST parameterization input.     

Solutions of independent DGLAP evolution equations for the gluon distribution and singlet structure functions in the next-to-leading order at low x

We present a set of independent formulas to extract the gluon distribution and the singlet structure function from its derivatives with respect to lnQ ² in the next-to-leading order of perturbation theory at low x based on a hard Pomeron exchange. In this approach, both singlet quarks and gluons have the same high-energy behavior at small x. This approach requires the QCD input parameterizations for independent DGLAP evolutions, which we calculated numerically and compared with the MRST, GRV, and DL models. The Pomeron has a hard nature. Its evolution gives a good fit to the experimental data. The values obtained are in the range 10⁻⁴ ≤ x ≤ 10⁻² at Q ² = 20 GeV². The text was submitted by the author in English.     

Regge behaviour of distribution functions and t and x-evolutions of gluon distribution function at low-x

In this paper, t and x-evolutions of gluon distribution function from Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) evolution equation in leading order (LO) at low-x are presented assuming the Regge behaviour of quarks and gluons at this limit. We compare our results of gluon distribution function with MRST 2001, MRST 2004 and GRV 1998 parametrizations and show the compatibility of Regge behaviour of quark and gluon distribution functions with perturbative quantum chromodynamics (PQCD) at low-x. We also discuss the limitations of Taylor series expansion method used earlier to solve DGLAP evolution equations in the Regge behaviour of distribution functions.      

Comment on a solution of Altarelli Parisi equations

We show that the assumptions of factorizability of the structure functionF(x, t) inx andt and the equality oft evolution of the singlet and gluon distributions are not necessary to obtain the approximate solutions of Altarelli-Parisi equations derived by us recently.     

A new approach to calculate the gluon polarization

We derive the Leading-Order (LO) master equation to extract the polarized gluon distribution G(x,Q ²)=xδg(x,Q ²) from polarized proton structure function, g^p₁(x,Q²)g^{p}_{1}(x,Q^{2}). By using a Laplace-transform technique, we solve the master equation and derive the polarized gluon distribution inside the proton. The test of accuracy which is based in our calculations on two different methods, confirms that we achieve to the correct solution for the polarized gluon distribution. To determine the polarized gluon distribution xδg(x,Q ²) more accurately, we only need to have more experimental data on the polarized structure functions, g₁^p(x,Q²)g_{1}^{p}(x,Q^{2}). Our result for polarized gluon distribution is in good agreement with some phenomenological models.     

The approximation method for calculation of the exponents of the gluon distribution, λ g , and the structure function, λ S ,at low x

We present a set of formulas using the solution of the QCD Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) evolution equation to extract of the exponents of the gluon distribution, λ _g , and structure function, λ _S , from the Regge-like behavior at low x. The exponents are found to be independent of x and to increase linearly with lnQ ² and are compared with the most data from the H1 Collaboration. We also calculated the structure function F ₂(x,Q ²) and the gluon distribution G(x,Q ²) at low x assuming the Regge-like behavior of the gluon distribution function at this limit and compared them with an NLO-QCD fit to theH1 data, two-Pomeron fit, multipole Pomeron exchange fit, and MRST (A.D. Martin, R.G. Roberts, W.J. Stirling, and R.S. Thorne), DL (A. Donnachie and P.V. Landshoff), and NLO GRV (M. Glük, E. Reya, and A. Vogt) fit results. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Regge behaviour of distribution functions and evolution of gluon distribution function in next-to-leading order at low-x

Evolution of gluon distribution function from Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) evolution equation in next-to-leading order (NLO) at low-x is presented assuming the Regge behaviour of quark and gluon at this limit. We compare our results of gluon distribution function with MRST2004, GRV98LO and GRV98NLO parametrizations and show the compatibility of Regge behaviour of quark and gluon distribution functions with perturbative quantum chromodynamics (PQCD) at low-x.      

Regge behaviour of structure functions and evolution of gluon structure function upto next-to-leading order at low-x

Evolution of gluon structure function from Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (DGLAP) evolution equations upto next-to-leading order at low-x is presented assuming the Regge behaviour of structure functions. We compare our results of gluon structure function with GRV 98 global parameterization and show the compatibility of Regge behaviour of structure functions with PQCD.     

The unintegrated gluon distribution from the modified BK equation

We investigate the recently proposed non-linear equation for the unintegrated gluon distribution function which includes the subleading effects at small x. We obtained numerically the solution to this equation in (x,k) space, and also the integrated gluon density. The subleading effects affect strongly the normalization and the x and k dependence of the gluon distribution. We show that the saturation scale Q_s(x), which is obtained from this model, is consistent with the one used in the saturation model by Golec-Biernat and Wüsthoff. We also estimate the non-linear effects by looking at the relative normalization of the solutions to the linear and non-linear equations. It turns out that the differences are quite large even in the nominally dilute regime, that is when . Finally, we calculate the dipole-nucleon cross section.Received: 30 August 2004, Revised: 17 February 2005, Published online: 11 May 2005     

The role of screening corrections in smallx-behaviour of structure functions

We consider the influence of shadowing effects on the proton structure function in the small-x interval. The gluon-gluon shadowing are noticeable in the HERA kinematical region while the screening of the quark component of the structure function effects negligibly the gluon distribution. The only noticeable effect is the decreasing of sea quark densities at small-x. The explicit form of the gluon distribution in the proton depends significantly on the form of used boundary condition atQ ²=Q ₀ ² . We consider also difference of results obtained with the help of Kuraev-Lipatov-Fadin and Altarelli-Parisi evolution equations.     

Proton spin structure function,g<Subscript>1</Subscript>, with the unified evolution equations including NLO DGLAP terms and double logarithms, <Emphasis Type="Italic">ln</Emphasis>(1/<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>)

Theoretical predictions show that at low values of the Bjorken parameter x the spin structure function, g₁, is influenced by large logarithmic corrections, , which may be predominant in this region. These corrections are also partially contained in the NLO part of the standard DGLAP evolution. Here we calculate the nucleon structure function, g₁, and the gluon distribution, , using the unified evolution equations written for the singlet and the non-singlet parton distributions. These equations include (i) the terms which describe the NLO DGLAP evolution and (ii) the ladder and non-ladder terms which contribute to the resummation of . Subtractions of singularities from the evolution kernels are performed so as to avoid double counting the double logarithmic contributions coming from the NLO DGLAP and the ladder and non-ladder terms. The sensitivity of the results to the factorization scheme applied is tested by introducing the DGLAP terms into the evolution equations at two different factorization schemes. Received: 30 January 2003 / Published online: 5 May 2003 RID="a" ID="a" e-mail: ziaja@unix.tsl.uu.se     

Shadowing correction to the gluon distribution behavior at small x

We determined the saturation exponent of the gluon distribution using the solution of the QCD nonlinear Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi (NLDGLAP) evolution equation at small x . The very small-x behavior of the gluon distribution is obtained by solving the Gribov, Levin, Ryskin, Mueller and Qiu (GLR-MQ) evolution equation with the nonlinear shadowing term incorporated. The form of the initial condition for the equation is determined. We find, with decreasing x , the emergence of a singular behavior and the eventual taming (at R = 5 GeV^-1) and the essential taming (at R = 2 GeV^-1) of this singular behavior by the shadowing term. The nonlinear gluon density functions are calculated and compared with the results for the integrated gluon density from the Balitsky-Kovchegov (BK) equation for the different values of Q². It is shown that the results for the gluon density function are comparable with the results obtained from the BK equation solution. Also we show that for each x , the Q²-dependence of the data is well described by gluon shadowing corrections to the GLR-MQ equation. The resulting analytic expression allows us to predict the logarithmic derivative \( {\frac{{\partial F^{s}_{2} (x,Q^{2})}}{{\partial \ln Q^{2}}}}\) and to compare the results with H1 data and a QCD analysis fit.     

Regge behaviour of structure function and gluon distribution at low-x in leading order

We present a method to find the gluon distribution from the proton structure function data at low-x assuming the Regge behaviour of the gluon distribution function at this limit. We use the leading order (LO) Altarelli–Parisi (AP) evolution equation in our analysis and compare our result with those of other authors. We also discuss the limitations of the Taylor expansion method in extracting the gluon distribution from the structure function used by those authors. Received: 2 January 2000 / Revised version: 23 February 2000 / Published online: 6 July 2000     

The contribution of off-shell gluons to the longitudinal structure function F<Subscript>L</Subscript>

We present the results for the structure function for a gluon target having a non-zero transverse momentum square at order . The results of a double convolution (with respect to the Bjorken variable x and the transverse momentum) of the perturbative part and the unintegrated gluon densities are compared with recent experimental data for at low x values and with the predictions of other approaches. Received: 21 August 2002 / Revised version: 31 October 2002 Published online: 24 January 2003     

A study of QCD scaling violations by direct resolution of Altarelli-Parisi type equations

We present a detailed study of scaling violations for non-singlet, singlet and glue distribution functions in the framework of several approximation schemes of QCD. Our formalism consists of direct resolution of the Altarelli-Parisi type equations and leads to a simple exponential form for the function q(x, Q²). This form is very suitable for the analysis of experimental data and for the exploration of different evolution schemes. In particular, we examine the implications on the QCD scaling parameter Λ and the gluon parameter n_G.