Deeply virtual meson production at HERA and at the EIC within the Color Glass Condensate EFT

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Main Authors: Boussarie, Renaud, Rose, Luigi Delle, Fucilla, Michael, Papa, Alessandro, Szymanowski, Lech, Wallon, Samuel
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author Boussarie, Renaud
Rose, Luigi Delle
Fucilla, Michael
Papa, Alessandro
Szymanowski, Lech
Wallon, Samuel
author_facet Boussarie, Renaud
Rose, Luigi Delle
Fucilla, Michael
Papa, Alessandro
Szymanowski, Lech
Wallon, Samuel
contents Continuing our previous study of Deeply Virtual Meson Production (DVMP) at twist-3 accuracy, we derive compact expressions for all helicity amplitudes. We perform a phenomenological analysis of the helicity-amplitude ratio $\mathcal{A}^{11}/\mathcal{A}^{00}$ and of the spin-density matrix element $r_{00}^{04}$ within the Color Glass Condensate framework. Small-$x$ evolution is incorporated by numerically solving the running-coupling-and-collinearly-improved Balitsky-Kovchegov and Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov equations with the McLerran-Venugopalan model as the initial condition. By capturing a relevant subset of next-to-leading order corrections, we provide the most theoretically accurate description of these observables to date. Our results are compared to HERA data, and predictions are presented for electron-lead collisions at the future Electron-Ion Collider. We discuss the impact of non-linear effects at low photon virtuality and the role of genuine higher-twist contributions associated with light vector meson distribution amplitudes, corresponding to higher-Fock-state components of the projectile.
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spellingShingle Deeply virtual meson production at HERA and at the EIC within the Color Glass Condensate EFT
Boussarie, Renaud
Rose, Luigi Delle
Fucilla, Michael
Papa, Alessandro
Szymanowski, Lech
Wallon, Samuel
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Continuing our previous study of Deeply Virtual Meson Production (DVMP) at twist-3 accuracy, we derive compact expressions for all helicity amplitudes. We perform a phenomenological analysis of the helicity-amplitude ratio $\mathcal{A}^{11}/\mathcal{A}^{00}$ and of the spin-density matrix element $r_{00}^{04}$ within the Color Glass Condensate framework. Small-$x$ evolution is incorporated by numerically solving the running-coupling-and-collinearly-improved Balitsky-Kovchegov and Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov equations with the McLerran-Venugopalan model as the initial condition. By capturing a relevant subset of next-to-leading order corrections, we provide the most theoretically accurate description of these observables to date. Our results are compared to HERA data, and predictions are presented for electron-lead collisions at the future Electron-Ion Collider. We discuss the impact of non-linear effects at low photon virtuality and the role of genuine higher-twist contributions associated with light vector meson distribution amplitudes, corresponding to higher-Fock-state components of the projectile.
title Deeply virtual meson production at HERA and at the EIC within the Color Glass Condensate EFT
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25363