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hep-ph2026

Orbital angular momentum at small in the large limit

G. Zardo Becker, Yuri V. Kovchegov, Ming Li +2

We extend the small- analysis of the quark and gluon orbital angular momentum (OAM) distributions in the proton from the large- limit considered in our earlier works to the…

hep-ph2026

On the Two -Factors in the Small- Shockwave Formalism

Yuri V. Kovchegov, M. Gabriel Santiago, Huachen Sun

There are two -factors frequently used in the phenomenology of exclusive processes at small values of the Bjorken variable. One -factor takes into account the effects of…

hep-ph2026

Precision QCD with the Electron-Ion Collider

C. Alexandrou, M. Arratia, E. C. Aschenauer +66

This document summarizes the discussions at the program "Precision QCD with the Electron Ion Collider", held from May to June 2025 at the Institute for Nuclear Theory (INT) at the…

hep-ph2025

Unpolarized GPDs at small and non-zero skewness

Yuri V. Kovchegov, M. Gabriel Santiago, Huachen Sun

We study the small- asymptotics of unpolarized generalized parton distributions (GPDs) and generalized transverse momentum distributions (GTMDs). Unlike the previous works in th…

hep-ph2025

Analytic Solution for the Helicity Evolution Equations at Small and Large

Jeremy Borden, Yuri V. Kovchegov

We construct an exact analytic solution of the revised small- helicity evolution equations, where the contributions of the quark-to-gluon and gluon-to-quark transition operators…

hep-ph2025

Weizsäcker-Williams Gluon Helicity Distribution and Inclusive Dijet Production in Longitudinally Polarized Electron-Proton Collisions

Yuri V. Kovchegov, Ming Li

It is well-known that the back-to-back (correlation) limit of inclusive quark-antiquark dijet production in unpolarized high energy electron-proton collisions can probe the Weizsäc…

hep-ph2025

First study of polarized proton-proton scattering with small- helicity evolution

Daniel Adamiak, Nicholas Baldonado, Yuri V. Kovchegov +7

We perform a phenomenological study of helicity-dependent parton distribution functions (PDFs) using small- helicity evolution equations, incorporating for the first time single…

hep-ph2024

Elastic Dijet Production in Electron Scattering on a Longitudinally Polarized Proton at Small : A Portal to Orbital Angular Momentum Distributions

Yuri V. Kovchegov, Brandon Manley

We calculate the elastic production of dijets from electron collisions with a longitudinally polarized proton target at small values of the Bjorken variable. Building on the pi…

hep-ph2024

Helicity Evolution at Small : Quark to Gluon and Gluon to Quark Transition Operators

Jeremy Borden, Yuri V. Kovchegov, Ming Li

We include the quark to gluon and gluon to quark shock-wave transition operators into the small Bjorken- evolution equations for helicity in the flavor-singlet channel derived e…

hep-ph2024

Gluon Double-Spin Asymmetry in the Longitudinally Polarized Collisions

Yuri V. Kovchegov, Ming Li

We derive the first-ever small- expression for the inclusive gluon production cross section in the central rapidity region of the longitudinally polarized proton-proton collisio…

hep-ph2023★ 9 cited

Novel Cross Section Ratios as Possible Signals of Saturation in UPCs

Yuri V. Kovchegov, Huachen Sun, Zhoudunming Tu

We propose new cross section ratios in ultra-peripheral AA and A collisions (UPCs) as a potential experimental signal of saturation physics. We consider the ratio of e…

hep-ph2023

Orbital Angular Momentum at Small Revisited

Yuri V. Kovchegov, Brandon Manley

We revisit the problem of the small Bjorken- asymptotics of the quark and gluon orbital angular momentum (OAM) distributions in the proton utilizing the revised small- helici…

hep-ph2023★ 14 cited

Global analysis of polarized DIS & SIDIS data with improved small- helicity evolution

Daniel Adamiak, Nicholas Baldonado, Yuri V. Kovchegov +6

We analyze the world polarized deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) and semi-inclusive DIS (SIDIS) data at low values of , using small- evolution equations for the flavor si…

hep-ph2023

Analytic Solution for the Revised Helicity Evolution at Small and Large : New Resummed Gluon-Gluon Polarized Anomalous Dimension and Intercept

Jeremy Borden

We construct an exact analytic solution of the revised small- helicity evolution equations derived recently. The equations we solve are obtained in the large- limit (with $…

hep-ph2023

Orbital Angular Momentum at Small

Brandon Manley

We revisit the problem of the small Bjorken- asymptotics of the quark and gluon orbital angular momentum (OAM) distributions in the proton utilizing the revised formalism for sm…

hep-ph2023★ 18 cited

Helicity Evolution at Small : Revised Asymptotic Results at Large

Daniel Adamiak, Yuri V. Kovchegov, Yossathorn Tawabutr

We present a numerical solution of the revised version of the small- helicity evolution equations at large and . (Here and are the numbers of quark colors…

hep-ph2023★ 14 cited

The case for an EIC Theory Alliance: Theoretical Challenges of the EIC

Raktim Abir, Igor Akushevich, Tolga Altinoluk +167

We outline the physics opportunities provided by the Electron Ion Collider (EIC). These include the study of the parton structure of the nucleon and nuclei, the onset of gluon satu…

hep-ph2023★ 31 cited

Analytic Solution for the Revised Helicity Evolution at Small and Large : New Resummed Gluon-Gluon Polarized Anomalous Dimension and Intercept

Jeremy Borden, Yuri V. Kovchegov

We construct an exact analytic solution of the revised small- helicity evolution equations derived recently. The equations we solve are obtained in the large- limit (with $…

hep-ph2023★ 67 cited

The Present and Future of QCD

P. Achenbach, D. Adhikari, A. Afanasev +400

This White Paper presents the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the Hot and Cold QCD Town Meeting that took place September 23-25, 2022 at MIT, as part of the Nuclea…

hep-ph2022★ 31 cited

T-odd Leading-Twist Quark TMDs at Small

Yuri V. Kovchegov, M. Gabriel Santiago

We study the small- asymptotics of the flavor non-singlet T-odd leading-twist quark transverse momentum dependent parton distributions (TMDs), the Sivers and Boer-Mulders functi…

hep-ph2022★ 44 cited

Quark and Gluon Helicity Evolution at Small : Revised and Updated

Florian Cougoulic, Yuri V. Kovchegov, Andrey Tarasov +1

We revisit the problem of small Bjorken- evolution of the gluon and flavor-singlet quark helicity distributions in the shock wave (-channel) formalism. Earlier works on the s…

hep-ph2022★ 39 cited

Snowmass 2021 White Paper: Electron Ion Collider for High Energy Physics

R. Abdul Khalek, U. D'Alesio, M. Arratia +105

Electron Ion Collider (EIC) is a particle accelerator facility planned for construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York by the United States Department o…

hep-ph2021★ 47 cited

Quark Sivers Function at Small : Spin-Dependent Odderon and the Sub-Eikonal Evolution

Yuri V. Kovchegov, M. Gabriel Santiago

We apply the formalism developed earlier for studying transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) at small Bjorken to construct the small- asymptotics…

hep-ph2021★ 39 cited

Helicity Evolution at Small : the Single-Logarithmic Contribution

Yuri V. Kovchegov, Andrey Tarasov, Yossathorn Tawabutr

We calculate single-logarithmic corrections to the small- flavor-singlet helicity evolution equations derived recently in the double-logarithmic approximation. The new single-lo…