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Five 325 MHz high-power couplers will be integrated into the pre-production Single Spoke Resonator Type-II (ppSSR2) cryomodule for the PIP-II project at Fermilab. Couplers were procured by both Fermilab and IJCLAB for this effort. The design of the coupler is described, including design optimizations from the previous generation. This paper then describes the coupler life cycle, including design, manufacturing, and assembly, along with the lessons learned at each stage.

This report describes the physics case, the resulting detector requirements, and the evolving detector concepts for the experimental program at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC will be a powerful new high-luminosity facility in the United States with the capability to collide high-energy electron beams with high-energy proton and ion beams, providing access to those regions in the nucleon and nuclei where their structure is dominated by gluons. Moreover, polarized beams in the EIC will give unprecedented access to the spatial and spin structure of the proton, neutron, and light ions. The studies leading to this document were commissioned and organized by the EIC User Group with the objective of advancing the state and detail of the physics program and developing detector concepts that meet the emerging requirements in preparation for the realization of the EIC. The effort aims to provide the basis for further development of concepts for experimental equipment best suited for the science needs, including the importance of two complementary detectors and interaction regions. This report consists of three volumes. Volume I is an executive summary of our findings and developed concepts. In Volume II we describe studies of a wide range of physics measurements and the emerging requirements on detector acceptance and performance. Volume III discusses general-purpose detector concepts and the underlying technologies to meet the physics requirements. These considerations will form the basis for a world-class experimental program that aims to increase our understanding of the fundamental structure of all visible matter, Comment: 902 pages, 415 authors, 151 institutions

The Large Hadron electron Collider (LHeC) is designed to move the field of deep inelastic scattering (DIS) to the energy and intensity frontier of particle physics. Exploiting energy recovery technology, it collides a novel, intense electron beam with a proton or ion beam from the High Luminosity--Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). The accelerator and interaction region are designed for concurrent electron-proton and proton-proton operation. This report represents an update of the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) of the LHeC, published in 2012. It comprises new results on parton structure of the proton and heavier nuclei, QCD dynamics, electroweak and top-quark physics. It is shown how the LHeC will open a new chapter of nuclear particle physics in extending the accessible kinematic range in lepton-nucleus scattering by several orders of magnitude. Due to enhanced luminosity, large energy and the cleanliness of the hadronic final states, the LHeC has a strong Higgs physics programme and its own discovery potential for new physics. Building on the 2012 CDR, the report represents a detailed updated design of the energy recovery electron linac (ERL) including new lattice, magnet, superconducting radio frequency technology and further components. Challenges of energy recovery are described and the lower energy, high current, 3-turn ERL facility, PERLE at Orsay, is presented which uses the LHeC characteristics serving as a development facility for the design and operation of the LHeC. An updated detector design is presented corresponding to the acceptance, resolution and calibration goals which arise from the Higgs and parton density function physics programmes. The paper also presents novel results on the Future Circular Collider in electron-hadron mode, FCC-eh, which utilises the same ERL technology to further extend the reach of DIS to even higher centre-of-mass energies., Comment: 373 pages, many figures, to be published by J. Phys. G

Enlarging the set of hard exclusive reactions to be studied in the framework of QCD collinear factorization opens new possibilities to access generalized parton distributions (GPDs). We studied the photoproduction of a large invariant mass photon-photon or photon-meson pair in the generalized Bjorken regime which may be accessible both at JLab and at the EIC., Comment: 4 pages, proccedings of the INT program 18-3 : Probing Nucleons and Nuclei in High Energy Collisions, to be published by World Scientific

We studied the $ep\rightarrow ep+2jets$ diffractive cross section with ZEUS phase space. Neglecting the $t$-channel momentum in the Born and gluon dipole impact factors, we calculated the corresponding contributions to the cross section differential in $\beta=\frac{Q^{2}}{Q^{2}+M_{2jets}^{2}}$ and the angle $\phi$ between the leptonic and hadronic planes. The gluon dipole contribution was obtained in the exclusive $k_{t}$-algorithm with the exclusive cut $y_{cut}=0.15$ in the small $y_{cut}$ approximation. In the collinear approximation we canceled singularities between real and virtual contributions to the $q\bar{q}$ dipole configuration, keeping the exact $y_{cut}$ dependency. We used the Golec-Biernat - W\"usthoff (GBW) parametrization for the dipole matrix element and linearized the double dipole contributions. The results give roughly $\frac{1}{2}$ of the observed cross section for small $\beta$ and coincides with it for large $\beta.$, Comment: 40 pages, 7 figures

We study in the framework of collinear QCD factorization the photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\pi$ pair with a large invariant mass and a small transverse momentum, as a new way to access generalized parton distributions. In the kinematics of JLab 12-GeV, we demonstrate the feasibility of this measurement and show the extreme sensitivity of the unpolarized cross section to the axial quark GPDs., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Diffraction and Low-x 2018, 26 August - 1 September 2018, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Exclusive photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\pi^\pm$ pair in the kinematics where the pair has a large invariant mass and the final nucleon has a small transverse momentum is described in the collinear factorization framework. The scattering amplitude is calculated at leading order in $\alpha_s$ and the differential cross sections for the process are estimated in the kinematics of the JLab~12-GeV experiments. The order of magnitude of the predicted cross-sections seems sufficient for a dedicated experiment to be performed. The process turns out to be very sensitive to the axial generalized parton distribution combination $\tilde{H}_u - \tilde{H}_d$., Comment: 44 pages, 16 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1609.03830

In circular colliders, as well as in damping rings and synchrotron radiation light sources, beam halo is one of the critical issues limiting the performance as well as potentially causing component damage and activation. It is imperative to clearly understand the mechanisms that lead to halo formation and to test the available theoretical models. Elastic beam-gas scattering can drive particles to large oscillation amplitudes and be a potential source of beam halo. In this paper, numerical estimation and Monte Carlo simulations of this process at the ATF of KEK are presented. Experimental measurements of beam halo in the ATF2 beam line using a diamond sensor detector are also described, which clearly demonstrates the influence of the beam-gas scattering process on the transverse halo distribution.

We present two NLO exclusive impact factors computed in the QCD shock wave approach. These are the very first steps towards precision studies of a wide range of high energy exclusive processes with saturation effects in $ep$, $eA$, $pp$ and $pA$ collisions., Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of XXV International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2017, 3-7 April 2017, University of Birmingham, UK

We propose and study the inclusive production of a forward $J/\psi$ and a very backward jet at the LHC as an observable to reveal high-energy resummation effects \`a la BFKL. Our different predictions are based on the various existing mechanisms to describe the production of the $J/\psi$, namely, NRQCD singlet and octet contributions, and the color evaporation model., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of XXV International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2017, 3-7 April 2017, University of Birmingham, UK

In the spirit of Mueller-Navelet dijet production, we propose and study the inclusive production of a forward $J/\psi$ and a very backward jet at the LHC as an observable to reveal high-energy resummation effects \`a la BFKL. We obtain several predictions, which are based on the various mechanisms discussed in the literature to describe the production of the $J/\psi$, namely, NRQCD singlet and octet contributions, and the color evaporation model., Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures

We describe the process $\gamma N \to \gamma\,\rho N'$ in the generalized Bjorken regime where the $\gamma\,\rho $ pair has a large invariant mass. In the collinear QCD factorization framework, the amplitude gives access to both chiral-even and chiral-odd quark generalized parton distributions (GPDs), and is insensitive to gluon GPDs. The separation of longitudinally and transversely polarized $\rho$ meson production allows to distinguish chiral-even and chiral-odd contributions. Production rates are estimated in the kinematics of the near-future JLab~12-GeV experiments., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of XXV International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2017, 3-7 April 2017, University of Birmingham, UK

We perform the first next-to-leading order computation of the $\gamma^{(*)} \to V$ ($\rho, \phi, \omega$) impact factor in the QCD shockwave approach and in the most general kinematics. This paves the way to the very first quantitative study of high-energy nucleon and nucleus saturation beyond the leading order, in various processes to be measured in $ep$, $eA$, $pp$ and $pA$ collisions at existing and future colliders., Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure

We propose and study the photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\rho$ pair with a large invariant mass and a small transverse momentum of the final nucleon, as a way to access generalized parton distributions. In the kinematics of JLab 12-GeV, we demonstrate the feasibility of this measurement., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of "Diffraction 2016", International Workshop on Diffraction in High-Energy Physics, Acireale (Catania, Sicily), Sept. 2-8, 2016; to be published in the conference proceedings by AIP. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1609.05144

Relying on the shockwave approach, we present the main steps of the computation of the impact factor for the exclusive diffractive photo- or electro- production of a forward dijet with NLO accuracy. We provide details of the cancellation mechanisms for all the divergences which appear in the intermediate results., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure; proceedings of "Diffraction 2016", International Workshop on Diffraction in High-Energy Physics, Acireale (Catania, Sicily), Sept. 2-8, 2016; to be published in the conference proceedings by AIP

The goal of this report is to give a comprehensive overview of the rich field of forward physics, with a special attention to the topics that can be studied at the LHC. The report starts presenting a selection of the Monte Carlo simulation tools currently available, chapter 2, then enters the rich phenomenology of QCD at low, chapter 3, and high, chapter 4, momentum transfer, while the unique scattering conditions of central exclusive production are analyzed in chapter 5. The last two experimental topics, Cosmic Ray and Heavy Ion physics are presented in the chapter 6 and 7 respectively. Chapter 8 is dedicated to the BFKL dynamics, multiparton interactions, and saturation. The report ends with an overview of the forward detectors at LHC. Each chapter is correlated with a comprehensive bibliography, attempting to provide to the interested reader with a wide opportunity for further studies., Comment: 358 pages; authors added that were missing; minor fixes in affiliations

We review the results of our studies on the production of two jets with a large interval of rapidity at hadron colliders, which was proposed by Mueller and Navelet as a possible test of the high energy dynamics of QCD, within the next-to-leading logarithm framework. The application of the Brodsky-Lepage-Mackenzie procedure to fix the renormalization scale leads to a very good description of the available CMS data at the LHC for the azimuthal correlations of the jets. We show that the inclusion of next-to-leading order corrections to the jet vertex significantly reduces the importance of energy-momentum non-conservation which is inherent to the BFKL approach, for an asymmetric jet configuration., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the workshop Low-x 2016 in Gy\"ongy\"os in Hungary

The collinear factorization framework allows to describe the exclusive photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\rho$ pair in the generalized Bjorken regime in terms of a perturbatively calculable coefficient function and universal generalized parton distributions. The kinematics are defined by a large invariant mass of the $\gamma \rho$ pair and a small transverse momentum of the final nucleon. We calculate the scattering amplitude at leading order in $\alpha_s$ and the differential cross sections for the process where the $\rho-$meson is either longitudinally or transversely polarized, in the kinematics of the near future Jlab experiments. Our estimate of the cross section demonstrates that this process is measurable at JLab 12-GeV., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of XXIV International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2016, 11-15 April 2016, DESY Hamburg, Germany

Exclusive photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\rho$ pair in the kinematics where the pair has a large invariant mass and the final nucleon has a small transverse momentum is described in the collinear factorization framework. The scattering amplitude is calculated at leading order in $\alpha_s$ and the differential cross sections for the process where the $\rho-$meson is either longitudinally or transversely polarized are estimated in the kinematics of the JLab 12-GeV experiments., Comment: published version; 54 pages, 23 figures. The cross section for the exclusive photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\rho$ pair, in the case where the final $\rho$-meson is longitudinally polarized, has been corrected

We present the calculation of the impact factor for the $\gamma^{(*)}\to q\bar{q}$ transition with one loop accuracy in arbitrary kinematics. The calculation was done within Balitsky's high energy operator expansion. Together with our previous result for the $\gamma^{(*)}\to q\bar{q} g$ Born impact factor it allows one to derive cross-sections for 2- (one loop) and 3-jet (Born) difractive electroproduction. We write such cross sections for the 2 and 3 jet exclusive diffractive electroproduction off a proton in terms of hadronic matrix elements of Wilson lines. For the 2-jet cross section we demonstrate the cancellation of IR, collinear and rapidity singularities. Our result can be directly exploited to describe the recently analyzed data on exclusive dijet production at HERA and used for the study of jet photoproduction in ultraperipheral proton or nuclear scattering., Comment: 54 pages, 2 figures

We study the production of two forward jets with a large interval of rapidity at hadron colliders, which was proposed by Mueller and Navelet as a possible test of the high energy dynamics of QCD, within a complete next-to-leading logarithm framework. We show that using the Brodsky-Lepage-Mackenzie procedure to fix the renormalization scale leads to a very good description of the recent CMS data at the LHC for the azimuthal correlations of the jets. We show that the inclusion of next-to-leading order corrections to the jet vertex significantly reduces the importance of energy-momentum non-conservation which is inherent to the BFKL approach, for an asymmetric jet configuration. Finally, we argue that the double parton scattering contribution is negligible in the kinematics of actual CMS measurements., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider (POETIC6), September 7-11, 2015, Palaiseau, France. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1512.00446

We study the importance of double parton scattering (DPS) in Mueller-Navelet jets production at the LHC. We evaluate this contribution in kinematics corresponding to existing and possible future measurements at the LHC, for the cross section and the azimuthal correlation of the jets., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Multiple Partonic Interactions at the LHC (MPI@LHC'15), ICTP, Trieste, 23-27 November 2015

Photoproduction of a pair of particles with large invariant mass is a natural extension of collinear QCD factorization theorems which have been much studied for deeply virtual Compton scattering and deeply virtual meson production. We discuss the production of a photon and a meson, where the wide angle Compton scattering on a meson subprocess factorizes from generalized parton distribution. We calculate at dominant twist and leading order in $\alpha_s$, the production cross-section of a transversely polarized $\rho$ meson which is sensitive to chiral-odd GPDs, and show that it may be measurable in near future JLab experiments., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider (POETIC6), September 7-11, 2015, Palaiseau, France. The numerical plot (fig.3) has been corrected. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1511.04371

We study the impact factor for the photon to quark, antiquark and gluon transition within Balitsky's shock-wave formalism. Our aim is to extend existing results beyond approximations discussed in the literature. We present our results of the real contribution, and present some intermediate results on virtual contributions for the photon to quark, antiquark transition., Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of 2015 EDS Blois, Borgo, Corsica, France. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1511.02785, arXiv:1503.01782

We report on our NLL BFKL studies of Mueller-Navelet jets. We first perform a complete NLL BFKL analysis supplemented by a BLM renormalization scale fixing procedure, which is successfully compared with recent CMS data. Second, we argue for the need of a measurement of an asymmetric jet configuration in order to perform a valuable comparison with fixed order approaches. Third, we predict that the energy-momentum violation is rather tiny in the NLL BFKL approach, for an asymmetric jet configuration. Finally, we argue that the double parton scattering contribution is negligible in the kinematics of actual CMS measurements., Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures, proceedings of 2015 EDS Blois, Borgo, Corsica, France. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1407.5106

Photoproduction of a pair of particles with large invariant mass is a natural extension of collinear QCD factorization theorems which have been much studied for deeply virtual Compton scattering and deeply virtual meson production. We consider the case where the wide angle Compton scattering subprocess $\gamma (q\bar q) \to \gamma \rho $ factorizes from generalized parton distribution. At dominant twist, separating the transverse (respectively longitudinal) polarization of the $\rho$ meson allows one to get access to chiral-odd (respectively chiral-even) GPDs. This opens a new way to the extraction of these elusive transversity GPDs., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures; proceedings of PHOTON 2015: International Conference on the Structure and the Interactions of the Photon, Novosibirsk, Russia, 15 - 19 June, 2015

In view of future phenomenological applications, we study the impact factor for the photon to quark, antiquark and gluon transition within Balitsky's shock-wave formalism. The aim of the present program is to extend existing results beyond approximations discussed in the literature. We present our results of the real contribution, and report on recent progress in calculating the virtual contributions for the photon to quark, antiquark transition., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures; proceedings of PHOTON 2015: International Conference on the Structure and the Interactions of the Photon, Novosibirsk, Russia, 15 - 19 June, 2015

We study the production of a forward $J/\psi$ meson and a backward jet with a large rapidity separation at the LHC using the BFKL formalism. We compare the predictions given by the Non Relativistic QCD (NRQCD) approach to charmonium prediction and by the Color Evaporation Model. In NRQCD, we find that the $^3 S_1^{\, 8}$ part of the onium wavefunction is completely dominating the process. NRQCD and the color evaporation model give similar results, although a discrepancy seems to appear as the value of the transverse momenta of the charmonium and of the jet decrease., Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures; proceedings of PHOTON 2015: International Conference on the Structure and the Interactions of the Photon, Novosibirsk, Russia, 15 - 19 June, 2015

We provide a concise overview on transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions, their application to topical issues in high-energy physics phenomenology, and their theoretical connections with QCD resummation, evolution and factorization theorems. We illustrate the use of TMDs via examples of multi-scale problems in hadronic collisions. These include transverse momentum q_T spectra of Higgs and vector bosons for low q_T, and azimuthal correlations in the production of multiple jets associated with heavy bosons at large jet masses. We discuss computational tools for TMDs, and present an application of a new tool, TMDlib, to parton density fits and parameterizations., Comment: 20 pages

We propose a model to study the importance of double parton scattering (DPS) in Mueller-Navelet jets production at the LHC which is consistent with the BFKL framework used to compute the single parton scattering contribution to this process. We study this model in kinematics corresponding to existing and possible future measurements at the LHC and estimate the importance of this DPS contribution on relevant observables for this process, namely the cross section and the azimuthal correlation of the jets., Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures, published version

We summarize recent developments in the study of high-energy resummation effects in Mueller-Navelet jets production at the LHC and discuss possible relations with multiparton interactions., Comment: 3 pages, proceedings of 6th International Workshop on Multiple Partonic Interaction at the LHC (MPI@LHC 2014), 3-7 November 2014, Krakow, Poland

We present the calculation of the impact factor for the photon to quark, antiquark and gluon transition within Balitsky's shock-wave formalism. We also rederive the impact factor for photon to quark and antiquark transition. These results provide the necessary building blocks for further phenomenological studies of inclusive diffractive deep inelastic scattering as well as for two and three jets diffractive production which go beyond approximations discussed in the literature., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of Diffraction 2014, September 10-16, 2014, Primo\v{s}ten, Croatia

We study effects related to violation of energy-momentum conservation inherent to the BFKL approach, in the particular case of Mueller-Navelet jets production. We argue, based on the comparison of the lowest order non trivial corrections $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_s^3)$ to the cross section with predictions of an exact calculation, that the inclusion of next-to-leading order BFKL corrections to the jet production vertex significantly reduces the importance of these effects., Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures

We define in the framework of light-cone collinear factorization method, the chiral-odd generalized parton distributions (GPDs) of a pseudoscalar hadron (such as the $\pi^0$) up to twist 6. For that, we introduce the relevant matrix elements for 2-parton non-local operators, as well as matrix elements for 3-parton non-local correlators. Their detailed parametrization is fixed based on parity, charge conjugation and time reversal invariance. This leads to the introduction of 28 real GPDs, which are subject to constraints coming from the QCD equations of motion., Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of XXII International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2014, April 28 - May 2, 2014, Warsaw, Poland

Quark and gluon helicity flip generalized parton distributions (GPDs) encode the information on the nucleon structure in the transversity sector. In order to build a theoretically consistent phenomenological parametrization for these hadronic matrix element within the framework of the dual parametrization of GPDs (or with the equivalent approach of the SO(3) partial waves (PW) expansion with the Mellin-Barnes integral techniques) we establish the set of combinations of parton helicity flip GPDs suitable for the expansion in the cross channel SO(3) PWs., Comment: 6 pages, DIS 2014, XXII. International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects, 28 April - 2 May 2014, Warsaw, Poland

The study of the production of Mueller-Navelet jets at hadron colliders, characterized as two forward jets separated by a large interval of rapidity, is known to be one of the best possible tests of the high energy dynamics of QCD. We analyze this process within a complete next-to-leading logarithm framework \`a la BFKL. In addition, we use the Brodsky-Lepage-Mackenzie procedure, here extended to the perturbative Regge dynamics, to fix the renormalization scale to its optimal value. The obtained results provide a very good description of the recent CMS data at the LHC for the azimuthal correlations of the jets., Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of XXII International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2014, April 28 - May 2, 2014, Warsaw, Poland

We present the calculation of the impact factor for the gamma(*) -> q qb g transition within Balitsky's high energy operator expansion. We also rederive the impact factor for the gamma(*) -> q qb transition within the same framework. These results provide the necessary building blocks for further phenomenological studies of inclusive diffractive deep inelastic scattering as well as for two and three jets diffractive production which go beyond approximations discussed in the litterature., Comment: 27 pages, 2 figures

More than 25 years ago, Mueller and Navelet proposed to study the production of two jets separated by a large interval of rapidity at hadron colliders to look for high-energy resummation effects. We here present the results of a next-to-leading logarithmic BFKL study of the azimuthal decorrelation of these jets. This includes next-to-leading corrections both to the Green's function and to the jet vertices. We compare our results with recent LHC data and results obtained in a fixed order treatment., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, proceedings of Photon 2013, May 20 - 24 2013, Paris, France

We review the recent developments on the theoretical description of exclusive processes at medium and asymptotical energies. These are illustrated based on a few examples., Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, proceedings of Photon 2013, May 20 - 24 2013, Paris, France

Quark and gluon helicity flip generalized parton distributions (GPDs) address the transversity quark and gluon structure of the nucleon. In order to construct a theoretically consistent parametrization of these hadronic matrix elements, we work out the set of combinations of those GPDs suitable for the ${\rm SO}(3)$ partial wave (PW) expansion in the cross-channel. This universal result will help to build up a flexible parametrization of these important hadronic non-perturbative quantities, using for instance the approaches based on the conformal PW expansion of GPDs such as the Mellin-Barnes integral or the dual parametrization techniques., Comment: 34 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables

We present a model for the polarized cross-sections of the hard diffractive leptoproduction of rho meson in the high energy limit. Our model is based on the light-cone collinear factorization of the virtual photon to rho meson impact factor when using the impact factor representation of the helicity amplitudes of the rho meson leptoproduction. This gauge invariant treatment when expressed in impact parameter space, leads to the factorization on one hand of the color dipole scattering amplitude and on the other hand of the distribution amplitudes of the rho meson up to twist 2 and 3. We show that the results of this approach are in good agreement with HERA data for virtualities above ~5 GeV^2., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of Photon 2013, May 20 - 24 2013, Paris, France

The measurement of azimuthal correlations of Mueller-Navelet jets is generally considered as a decisive test to reveal the effect of BFKL dynamics at hadron colliders. The first experimental study of these correlations at the LHC has been recently performed by the CMS collaboration. We show that the ratios of cosine moments of the azimuthal distribution are successfully described within our next-to-leading logarithmic BFKL treatment. The whole set of CMS data for the azimuthal correlations can also be consistently described provided that one uses a larger renormalization/factorization scale than its natural value., Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, proceedings of the International Workshop on Low X Physics, May 30 - June 4 2013, Rehovot and Eilat, Israel

We investigate the longitudinal and transverse polarized cross-sections of the leptoproduction of the rho meson in the high energy limit. Our model is based on the computation of the impact factor gamma*(lambda_gamma) -> rho(lambda_rho) using the twist expansion in the forward limit and expressed in the impact parameter space. This treatment involves in the final stage the twist 2 and twist 3 distribution amplitudes (DAs) of the rho meson and the dipole scattering amplitude. Taking models that exist for the DAs and for the dipole cross-section, we get a phenomenological model for the helicity amplitudes, we compare our predictions with HERA data and get a fairly good description for large enough virtualities of the photon., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of the International Workshop on Low X Physics, May 30 - June 4 2013, Rehovot and Eilat, Israel

The study of the production of two forward jets with a large interval of rapidity at hadron colliders was proposed by Mueller and Navelet as a possible test of the high energy dynamics of QCD. We analyze this process within a complete next-to-leading logarithm framework, supplemented by the use of the Brodsky-Lepage-Mackenzie procedure extended to the perturbative Regge dynamics, to find the optimal renormalization scale. This leads to a very good description of the recent CMS data at LHC for the azimuthal correlations of the jets., Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures, final version to appear in Physical Review Letters

Mueller Navelet jets were proposed more than 25 years ago as a decisive test of BFKL dynamics at hadron colliders. We here present a complete next-to-leading BFKL study of the azimuthal decorrelation of these jets. This includes both next-to-leading corrections to the Green's function and next-to-leading corrections to the jet vertices. We compare our results with recent data taken at the LHC and results obtained in a fixed order next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculation., Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, to appear in the proceedings of XXI International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subject - DIS 2013, 22-26 April 2013, Marseille, France