Abstract
We extend the saturation models à la Golec-Biernat and Wüsthoff to cross-sections of hard processes initiated by virtual-gluon probes separated by large rapidity intervals at hadron colliders. We derive their analytic expressions and apply them to physical examples, such as saturation effects for Mueller-Navelet forward jets. By comparison to γ*- γ* cross-sections we find a more abrupt transition to saturation. We propose to study observables with a potentially clear saturation signal and to use heavy vector and flavored mesons as alternative hard probes to forward jets.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 201-210 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
| Volume | 587 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 May 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |