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1999

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Factorization And High-Energy Effective Action, Ian Balitsky Jan 1999

Factorization And High-Energy Effective Action, Ian Balitsky

Physics Faculty Publications

I demonstrate that the amplitude for high-energy scattering can be factorized as a convolution of the contributions due to fast and slow fields. The fast and slow fields interact by means of Wilson-line operators—infinite gauge factors ordered along the straight line. The resulting factorization formula gives a starting point for a new approach to the effective action for high-energy scattering in QCD.