Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy

Abstract We investigate 2 → 3 QCD scattering amplitudes in multi-Regge kinematics, i.e. where the final partons are strongly ordered in rapidity. In this regime amplitudes exhibit intriguing factorisation properties which can be understood in terms of effective degrees of freedom called reggeons. Wo...

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Main Authors: Federico Buccioni, Fabrizio Caola, Federica Devoto, Giulio Gambuti
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2025)129
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Fabrizio Caola
Federica Devoto
Giulio Gambuti
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description Abstract We investigate 2 → 3 QCD scattering amplitudes in multi-Regge kinematics, i.e. where the final partons are strongly ordered in rapidity. In this regime amplitudes exhibit intriguing factorisation properties which can be understood in terms of effective degrees of freedom called reggeons. Working within the Balitsky/JIMWLK framework, we predict these amplitudes for the first time to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic order, and compare against the limit of QCD scattering amplitudes in full colour and kinematics. We find that the latter can be described in terms of universal objects, and that the apparent non-universality arising at NNLL comes from well-defined and under-control contributions that we can predict. Thanks to this observation, we extract for the first time the universal vertex that controls the emission of the central-rapidity gluon, both in QCD and N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 super Yang-Mills.
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spelling doaj-art-1ec253297785401e9cce1ded79edd79f2025-08-20T03:06:48ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-03-012025316010.1007/JHEP03(2025)129Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energyFederico Buccioni0Fabrizio Caola1Federica Devoto2Giulio Gambuti3Physik Department, Technische Universität MünchenRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of OxfordRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of OxfordRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of OxfordAbstract We investigate 2 → 3 QCD scattering amplitudes in multi-Regge kinematics, i.e. where the final partons are strongly ordered in rapidity. In this regime amplitudes exhibit intriguing factorisation properties which can be understood in terms of effective degrees of freedom called reggeons. Working within the Balitsky/JIMWLK framework, we predict these amplitudes for the first time to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic order, and compare against the limit of QCD scattering amplitudes in full colour and kinematics. We find that the latter can be described in terms of universal objects, and that the apparent non-universality arising at NNLL comes from well-defined and under-control contributions that we can predict. Thanks to this observation, we extract for the first time the universal vertex that controls the emission of the central-rapidity gluon, both in QCD and N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 super Yang-Mills.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2025)129FactorizationRenormalization GroupResummationHigher-Order Perturbative Calculations
spellingShingle Federico Buccioni
Fabrizio Caola
Federica Devoto
Giulio Gambuti
Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy
Journal of High Energy Physics
Factorization
Renormalization Group
Resummation
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
title Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy
title_full Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy
title_fullStr Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy
title_short Investigating the universality of five-point QCD scattering amplitudes at high energy
title_sort investigating the universality of five point qcd scattering amplitudes at high energy
topic Factorization
Renormalization Group
Resummation
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2025)129
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