Nuclear effects at large transverse momentum in a QCD parton model

Production of single mesons and opposite side pairs of mesons in hadron-nucleus and nucleusnucleus collisions are calculated in the framework of the QCD parton model, with the assumption that quarks and gluons undergo multiple scattering in the nucleus. A comparison with all available data is made. It is also shown that the anomalous nuclear enhancement, especially its dependence on the flavour, can be quantitatively described within the model. Furthermore, we predict no enhancement for symmetric pairs as it seems to be indicated by the data. Predictions for largep _T production in α?α scattering at ISR are made.     

Non-perturbative QCD effects and the top mass at the Tevatron

We present a new, universally applicable toy model of colour reconnections in hadronic final states. The model is based on hadronising strings and has one free parameter. We next present an implementation of this model in the PYTHIA event generator and provide several parameter sets (‘tunes’), constrained by fits to Tevatron minimum-bias data. Finally, we consider the sensitivity of a simplified top mass analysis to these effects, in exclusive semi-leptonic top events at the Tevatron. A first attempt at isolating the genuine non-perturbative effects gives an estimate of order δm_top ∼ ±0.5 GeV from non-perturbative uncertainties, and a further δm_top ∼ ±1 GeV from shower effects. PACS 12.38.-t; 13.85.Hd; 13.87.Fh     

Non-perturbative effects inside the QCD bag

Non-perturbative effects are investigated inside the QCD bag, on which perfectly confining boundary conditions are given. The instanton density is evaluated and used to estimate effective quark-antiquark hamiltonians, as well as the magnitude of chiral symmetry breaking for massless quarks.     

Inclusive production at large transverse momentum in QCD

We calculate the cross section for the process quark + quark → quark (with large transverse momentum) + anything, up to order g⁶ in the cross section and in the leading-logarithm approximation. The result is suggestive of a simple ansatz for the calculation of the asymptotic behaviour of cross sections for the production of particles or jets with large transverse momenta.     

Hadron production at large transverse momentum and QCD

The predictions of a QCD-based hardscattering model for large p_T hadronic processes are investigated. Not only quark-quark scattering but all contributions in lowest order are considered. At low x_T, gluon-gluon and quark-gluon scattering are found to dominate the quark-quark term. At present energies the QCD predictions lie below the data but already come very close at the highest ISR energy. Predictions for higher p_T values and higher energies are made.     

On the QCD pomeron at large momentum transfer

We investigate the asymptotics of the QCD scattering amplitude with vacuum quantum number exchange in the region where the energy is large and the momentum transfer is much smaller than the energy but large compared to the hadronic scale. The appropriate modification of the QCD pomeron partial wave equation is derived. The singularities in the angular momentum which arise at relatively large momentum transfer are studied in double logarithmic approximation.     

Lepton pair production at large transverse momentum in second order QCD

The production of Drell-Yan pairs at large transverse momentum is calculated up to O(α_s²) for a non-singlet combination defined as the cross section for an incident particle minus the analogous cross section for an incident antiparticle. Analytic results are presented for all cross sections and numerical estimates are given at various energies of experimental interest.     

Non-perturbative to perturbative QCD via the FFBRST

Recently a new type of quadratic gauge was introduced in QCD in which the degrees of freedom are suggestive of a phase of abelian dominance. In its simplest form it is also free of Gribov ambiguity. However this gauge is not suitable for usual perturbation theory. The finite field dependent BRST (FFBRST) transformation is a method established to interrelate generating functionals for different effective versions of gauge fixed field theories. In this paper we propose a FFBRST transformation suitable for transforming the theory in the new quadratic gauge into the standard Lorenz gauge Faddeev–Popov version of the effective lagrangian. The task is made interesting by the fact that the effective lagrangian is invariant under two different BRST transformations which leads to suitable extension of the previous procedures to accomplish the required result. We are thus able to identify a field redefinition to go from a non-perturbative phase of QCD to perturbative QCD.     

Saturation momentum at fixed and running QCD coupling

A relationship linking the saturation momentum in the case of fixed and running QCD coupling, respectively, is derived from the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation. It relies on the linear instability of the evolution equation in the dilute regime. The relationship can also be derived for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation with a cutoff accounting for low-density effects. Arrival of the final proofs: 7 December 2005     

Non-perturbative QCD amplitudes in quenched and eikonal approximations

Even though approximated, strong coupling non-perturbative QCD amplitudes remain very difficult to obtain. In this article, in eikonal and quenched approximations at least, physical insights are presented that rely on the newly-discovered property of effective locality. The present article also provides a more rigorous mathematical basis for the crude approximations used in the previous derivation of the binding potential of quarks and nucleons. Furthermore, the techniques of Random Matrix calculus along with Meijer G-functions are applied to analyze the generic structure of fermionic amplitudes in QCD.     

Non-perturbative Aspects of QCD and Parameterized Quark Propagator

Based on the Global Color Symmetry Model, the non-perturbative Q, CD vacuum is investigated in the parameterized fully dressed quark propagator. Our theoretical predictions for various quantities characterized the QCD vacuum are in agreement with those predicted by many other phenomenologieal QCD inspired models. The successful predictions clearly indicate the extensive validity of our parameterized quark propagator used here. A detailed discussion on the arbitrariness in determining the integration cut-off parameter ofμ in calculating QCD vacuum condensates and a good method, which avoided the dependence of calculating results on the cut-off parameter is also strongly recommended to readers.     

非微扰QCD和核遮蔽效应对K因子的影响

考虑非微扰量子色动力学物理真空夸克凝聚效应,计算了碳核与碳核在质心系能量分别为630和200GeV时碰撞Drell—Yan过程的K因子,以及加入核遮蔽因子后非微扰效应对K因子的影响,并把计算结果与没有考虑夸克凝聚非微扰效应的K值进行了对比。结果表明,非微扰效应和核遮蔽效应对K因子影响很小。Considering quark condensate contributions from the QCD vacuum, the non-perturbative effect on the K-factor is investigated for the C-C collision Drell-Yan process with and without nuclear shadowing respectively, at the center-of-mass energy √s= 630 and 200 GeV. Comparison of the results indicates that both the non-perturbative effect and the nuclear shadowing effect pose a weak influence on the K-factor.     

Non-perturbative renormalisation of composite operators in lattice QCD

We investigate the non-perturbative renormalisation of composite operators in lattice QCD restricting ourselves to operators that are bilinear in the quark fields. These include operators which are relevant to the calculation of moments of hadronic structure functions. The computations are based on Monte Carlo simulations using quenched Wilson fermions.     

Non-perturbative QCD Effect on K-Factor of Drell-Yan Process

By using a non-perturbative quark propagator with the lowest-dimensional condensate contributions from the QCD vacuum, the non-perturbative effect to K-factor of the Drell-Yan process is numerically investigated for ¹²₆C-¹²₆C collision at the center-of-mass energy √{s}=200 GeV, 630 GeV respectively. Calculated results show that the non-perturbative QCD effect has just a weak influence on K-factor in the two cases.