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Quantum Physics

2000

Factorization

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High Energy Effective Action From Scattering Of Shock Waves In Qcd, Ian Balitsky Jan 2000

High Energy Effective Action From Scattering Of Shock Waves In Qcd, Ian Balitsky

Physics Faculty Publications

The author demonstrates 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.