On the Calculation of the NLO Virtual Photon Impact Factor
arXiv:hep-ph/0210406 · doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00219-0
Abstract
The definition of the virtual photon impact factor involves the integration of the s-channel discontinuity of the photon-Reggeon scattering amplitude over the right cut. It permits to formulate a new approach for the calculation of the impact factor based on analytical properties of the amplitude in question. In the next-to-leading order it may give a possibility for considerable simplification of the calculation. We have shown that a part of the diagrams contributing to the impact factor can be treated without their real calculation.
18 pages, latex, axodraw.sty for figures, version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B