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Summing large Pomeron loops in the saturation region: Nucleus-nucleus collision

Eugene Levin*

  • Department of Particle Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

  • *Contact author: leving@tauex.tau.ac.il
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 054033 – Published 22 September, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/6fgj-hkqq

Abstract

In this paper we found the nucleus-nucleus scattering amplitude at high energies by summing large Pomeron loops. It turns out that the energy dependence of this amplitude is the same for dipole-dipole scattering. This happens since the evolution of one dipole cascade contributes to this scattering.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 054033– Published 22 September, 2025
  • Received 23 June 2025
  • Accepted 13 August 2025
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