Experimental tests of small-x QCD

Abstract

Current and future experimental studies of the high-energy limit of QCD, dominated by non-linear gluon dynamics in the low-x sector of the hadron wavefunctions, are presented. Results at HERA (proton) and RHIC (nucleus) pointing to the possible onset of parton saturation phenomena, and perspectives at the LHC and new proposed DIS facilities are outlined.

Invited talk at "42th Rencontres de Moriond-QCD" (La Thuile, Apr.'07) and at "9th Workshop on non-perturbative QCD" (Paris, June'07). 6 pages, 4 figs. Figure 1b corrected

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