Quark loop contribution to BFKL evolution: Running coupling and leading-Nf NLO intercept

Nuclear Physics A

Volumn 789, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 260-284

  Kovchegov, Yuri V ^a   Weigert, Heribert ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 34249689641     PISSN: 03759474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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