QCD factorizations in gamma* gamma* --> rho_L^0 rho_L^0

Abstract

The exclusive reaction of rho meson pair electroproduction in gamma*gamma* collisions is a nice place to study various dynamics and factorization properties in the perturbative sector of QCD. At low energy (quarks dominance), this process can be considered as a way to explore QCD factorizations involving generalized distribution amplitudes (GDA) and transition distribution amplitudes (TDA), and, in the Regge limit of QCD (gluons dominance), it seems to offer a promising probe of the BFKL resummation effects which could be studied at the next international linear collider (ILC).

Presented at DIS 2007: 15th International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering, Munich, Germany, 16-20 Apr 2007, 4 pages, 6 figures, LATEX