Self-consistent description of HERA data at low Q2 and soft hadron production at LHC

Abstract

Using the analytical expression for transverse momentum dependent (TMD) gluon density in a proton, a self-consistent simultaneous description of low Q2 data on proton structure function F2(x,Q2), reduced cross section for the electron-proton deep inelastic scattering at HERA and soft hadron production in pp collisions at the LHC is achieved in the framework of color dipole approach and modified quark-gluon string model.

Keywords

• Small-x physics
• TMD gluon density
• Deep inelastic scattering
• Color dipole approach
• Modified quark-gluon string model