
arXiv: 1608.02577
Transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) gluon distributions have different operator definitions, depending on the process under consideration. We study that aspect of TMD factorization in the small-x limit, for the various unpolarized TMD gluon distributions encountered in the literature. To do this, we consider di-jet production in hadronic collisions, since this process allows to be exhaustive with respect to the possible operator definitions, and is suitable to be investigated at small x. Indeed, for forward and nearly back-to-back jets, one can apply both the TMD factorization and Color Glass Condensate (CGC) approaches to compute the di-jet cross-section, and compare the results. Doing so, we show that both descriptions coincide, and we show how to express the various TMD gluon distributions in terms of CGC correlators of Wilson lines, while keeping Nc finite. We then proceed to evaluate them by solving the JIMWLK equation numerically. We obtain that at large transverse momentum, the process dependence essentially disappears, while at small transverse momentum, non-linear saturation effects impact the various TMD gluon distributions in very different ways. We notice the presence of a geometric scaling regime for all the TMD gluon distributions studied: the "dipole" one, the Weizs��cker-Williams one, and the six others involved in forward di-jet production.
21 pages, 7 figures, version published in JHEP
scaling: geometrical, dijet: production, small-x, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Wilson loop: correlation function, FOS: Physical sciences, model: dipole, transverse momentum dependence, 530, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), quantum chromodynamics: factorization, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, high energy behavior, parton: transverse momentum, gluon: distribution function, saturation, hep-ph, Heavy Ion Phenomenology, QCD Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, evolution equation, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], color glass condensate
scaling: geometrical, dijet: production, small-x, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Wilson loop: correlation function, FOS: Physical sciences, model: dipole, transverse momentum dependence, 530, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), quantum chromodynamics: factorization, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, high energy behavior, parton: transverse momentum, gluon: distribution function, saturation, hep-ph, Heavy Ion Phenomenology, QCD Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, evolution equation, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], color glass condensate
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