[en] A truncated BFKL Pomeron series is studied and applied to the hadronic processes. The σ^pp(pp-bar)_tot are described with good agreement and consistent with the unitarity bound. The elastic scattering amplitude is calculated at t ≠ 0, introducing two distinct ansaetze for the proton impact factor. The dσ^el/dt is obtained at small t approximation and compared with the data

[en] Bottom production in ν and anti ν deep inelastic reactions is discussed within the framework of the standard model for quarks and leptons. Using the Kobayashi-Maskawa model it is found that dilepton events available at present can have a bottom contribution which can be as high as 10% (upper bound)

[en] Due to the difficulties in extracting information from data of different experiments, a systematic procedure to look for QCD-violations in the Q₂-dependence of F₂ is discussed. The validity of the Callan-Gross relation is assumed. The proposal is illustrated in a well-known model which implies QCD-violations

[en] In this note a new possible type of lepton interactions, based on a model of lepton structure is discussed. Some of the most important experimental consequences of such interactions are analysed

[en] The AGL equation includes all multiple pomeron exchanges in the double logarithmic approximation (DLA) limit, leading to a unitarized gluon distribution in the small x regime. This equation was originally obtained using the Glauber-Mueller approach. We demonstrate in this paper that the AGL equation and, consequently, the GLR equation, can also be obtained from the dipole picture in the double logarithmic limit, using an evolution equation, recently proposed, which includes all multiple pomeron exchanges in the leading logarithmic approximation. Our conclusion is that the AGL equation is a good candidate for a unitarized evolution equation at small x in the DLA limit

[en] The logarithmic slope of diffractive structure function is a potential observable to separate the hard and soft contributions in diffraction, allowing to disentangle the QCD dynamics at small-x region. In this paper we extend our previous analyzes and calculate the diffractive logarithmic slope for three current approaches in the literature: (i) the Bartels-Wusthoff model, based on perturbative QCD, (ii) the CKMT model, based on Regge theory and (iii) the Golec-Biernat-Wusthoff model which assumes that the saturation phenomena is present in the HERA kinematic region. We analyze the transition region of small to large momentum transfer and verify that future experimental results on the diffractive logarithmic slope could discriminate between these approaches

[en] In this work the rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of the nuclear modification ratio is evaluated for the dilepton production at RHIC and LHC, using the Color Glass Condensate (CGC) framework. The ratio is compared for two distinct dilepton mass values, concerning the transverse momentum distribution, and a suppression of the Cronin peak is verified even for large mass. The nuclear modification ratio suppression in the dilepton rapidity spectra, as obtained for hadrons at RHIC, is verified for LHC energies at large transverse momentum, although not present at RHIC energies. These results consolidate the dilepton as a most suitable observable for QCD high density approaches. (authors)

[en] The meson (pion and kaon) form factor is calculated in the perturbative framework with alternative forms for the running coupling constant and the gluon propagator in the infrared kinematic region. These modified forms are employed to test the sensibility of the meson form factor to the nonperturbative contributions. It is a powerful discriminating quantity and the results obtained with a particular choice of modified running coupling constant and gluon propagator have good agreement with the available data for both mesons, indicating the robustness of the method of calculation. Nevertheless, the nonperturbative aspects may be included in the perturbative framework of the calculation of exclusive processes

[en] We study the dipole picture for the description of deep inelastic scattering, focusing on the structure functions which are driven directly by the gluon distribution. One performs estimates using the effective dipole cross section given by the Glauber-Mueller approach in QCD, which encodes the corrections due to the unitarity effects associated with the saturation phenomenon. We also address issues about frame invariance of the calculations when analyzing the observables

[en] In this contribution we report on the investigations of the exclusive production of quarkonium states in proton-proton and nucleus-nucleus reactions at the LHC using the theoretical framework of the light-cone dipole formalism. In particular, we discuss the rapidity distribution for J/ψ, ψ(2S) and Υ(1S) states and the transverse momentum distribution for the J/ψ meson. The numerical calculations are compared to recent experimental results and prediction are done for future LHC runs in the ultra-peripheral channel. (authors)