Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 33, No. 10, October 2002, page 3045


Saturation Model for 2\gamma Physics

N. Timneanu, J. Kwiecinski, L. Motyka

We introduce a saturation model for photon-photon interactions, based on a QCD dipole picture of high energy scattering. The two-dipole cross-section is assumed to satisfy the saturation property. This pomeron-like contribution is supplemented with QPM and non-pomeron reggeon contributions. The model gives a very good description of the data on the \gamma \gamma total cross-section, on the photon structure function F2\gamma (x,Q2) at low x and on the \gamma * \gamma * cross section.

PACS numbers: 12.38.Aw, 12.40.Nn


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