Running coupling corrections to high energy inclusive gluon production

Nuclear Physics A

Volumn 849, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-97

  Horowitz, W A ^a,b   Kovchegov, Yuri V ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Color Glass Condensate; Gluon production; Running coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650929385     PISSN: 03759474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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